Section5.6 Flashcards
How do police test drugs on the field?
Field tests
How is a drug field test conducted?
Glass tube that is in a bag you add the drugs to and seal it up and break the glass if it glows a certain color it is that type of drug
Pieces of papers. Example, threatening note in the mail the first thing we can do is what?
Look at the handwriting on the document
Extremely distinct so you can match it to the individual.
Handwriting
Microscopically left behind on a note. If you print something there is a series of dots that can be taken to the lab and traced. True or False
True
The police look up the serial number and track it all the way down to the individual that purchased it. they can go to the suspects address that may have sent the threatening note. True or False
True
Wall paint is not a big deal in crime scene but it can be. What is much more common?
Car paint
Example, drunk driving and hit someone. You have a dent and blood on your car. The person has car paint embedded in their body. Can this be analyzed ti tell what the make and model of the car was?
Yes
The police go to the DMV and find cars that are registered and go to each house looking for a car with a dent and blood and then they can match it and find the suspect and arrest them. True or False
True
Computer crimes like hacking and porn the first place the police are going to look is on the suspect and victims computer and phone because why?
they store digital data
Most of the stuff you deleted and the stuff on flash drives plugged into your computer are still on your computer. True or False
True
Your phone finds the nearest cell phone tower to connect to and it exchanges information and gets permission. If you are driving it reconnects to the nearest tower. True or False
True
Records are kept and the police can send a subpoena to a cell phone company and get a warrant or sometimes without a warrant and be bale to see where someone is. True or False
True
Example, high school kids broke into a school and vandalized the place, they were wearing masks and the video cameras couldn’t see their face. However, they were caught because what?
their phones were set to automatically connect to the WIFI
Not just laptops, cellphones, hard drives, the cloud, apple watches, and flash drives, thermostats, GPS in your car, X-Box, Nintendo, Refrigerator. All of these have what ?
Digital Storage
