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The 13 Critical Tasks, 3rd Edition

By Pete Gagliardi

This book shares the author's 50-years of experience in law enforcement and forensic consulting, and shines a light on the procedural and technological solutions that law-enforcement agencies in the United States and around the world can put to use in the war against firearm-related crime.

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Building a Preventive Crime Gun Strategy: A Playbook for Success

By Ronald Nichols

Now in its Second Edition, this book provides law enforcement agencies with a sustainable, comprehensive plan for responding to firearm-related violence in their communities.

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Objective Identification of Bullets Based on 3D Pattern Matching and Line Counting Scores

By Danny Roberge, Alain Beauchamp and Serge Levesque

Firearm examiners have developed two distinct approaches to bullet identification: pattern matching and line counting. The emergence of technology enabling the capture of surface topographies down to submicron depth resolution has been the catalyst for the field of computerized objective ballistic identification. The main goal of this study was to develop an objective identification method for bullets fired from conventionally-rifled barrels, and to test this method on public and proprietary bullet 3D image datasets captured at a variety of lateral resolutions.

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Training Series | IBIS MATCHPOINT – Software Functions Review

IBIS® the world’s most advanced, accurate, and easy-to-use ballistics identification solution, offers exceptional 3D imaging, advanced comparison algorithms, and a robust infrastructure. With unparalleled 3D viewing tools, MATCHPOINT™ the firearm expert’s analysis station—provides various composition textures for an enhanced viewing experience, making it easier for users to interpret the markings and reach a conclusion.

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IBIS TRAX-HD3D BRASSTRAX Best Practices

This webinar guides you through best practices for the operation of the BRASSTRAX Acquisition Station, including advice on protocols surrounding case and exhibit information, loading of the cartridge case holder, positioning cartridge case regions of interest for image acquisition and validation of these images.

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Best Practices for Acquiring Damaged Bullets

This webinar provides best practices for accurate acquisition of damaged and fragmented bullet surfaces, including commonly encountered issues, evaluating a bullet’s surface, how to prepare a bullet for imaging, how to mount various types of damaged bullets (e.g., intact base, damaged base, curved and flat fragments).

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IBIS TRAX-HD3D Introducing New Features

This one-hour webinar will introduce these new features, including: changes to case and exhibit information fields, shorter acquisition time for pristine bullets on BULLETTRAX™, new acquisition procedure and correlation of unrifled bullets.

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