The city s Gun Trafficking Intelligence Platform connects purchase data, gun recoveries and ballistics reports to better understand the ecosystem of illegal firearms.
Federal officials told NBC Bay Area that five different special ATF explosives sniffing dogs worked the scene in and around the VTA maintenance facility.
They added that each dog trained to sniff out a different substance from gunpowder to plastic explosives and other materials.
One of those dogs hit on an object as a possible incendiary device.
That’s when Santa Clara County’s bomb squad sent in a robot to explore the device in the back-parking lot. ATF officials will also assist local law enforcement in tracking the bullets using a system called NIBIN. (National Integrated Ballistic Information Network) It s a way to trace bullet casings and firearms much like a human fingerprint,” said Joshua Jackson ATF Assistant Special Agent in Charge.
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ATF tool gives Lexington police the ammo they need to trace guns to crimes
So far this year, Lexington police have investigated more than four dozen shootings. 16 of them resulted in someone dying. Leigh Searcy gives us a preview of how police are connecting some of those crimes to other unsolved cases with technology.
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Much like a fingerprint, firearms leave clues. Police collect them on spent shell casings at crime scenes or on casings test-fired by officers after guns are recovered.
The Lexington Police Department uses an in-house system called NIBIN. It s the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network overseen by the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms.
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