Police property rooms are where recovered valuables are stored before going to auction or being destroyed. That’s because the rightful owners can’t be identified unless the property is marked with a unique identifier and/or there is a record of the serial numbers.

Whether high-profile or low-profile, a criminal case often hinges on a tiny shred of evidence. Even high-profile cases with lots of evidence are difficult to prove in court without the right kind of evidence. Low-profile cases are even harder to prove because without...

A gate tag is what country folks use to identify a remote piece of property. At My Property ID Registry, we provide a privacy-protected, one-way communication strategy where law enforcement or a concerned citizen can send a message to the owner of the gate tag.

Operation Identification (Operation ID) is a crime-prevention strategy designed to capture information about valuables before a property crime is committed. Operation ID works for individuals, homeowners, churches, small businesses and tiny municipalities. It also...

The False Alarm Reduction Program (FARP) is designed to control false alarms. In some jurisdictions, it’s estimated that 90% of alarm calls are for false alarms. While much of the FARP programming is built around education and permitting, ultimately, FARP results in fines and citations for wasting police time.

Law enforcement agencies operate on very tight budgets and are often short staffed due to a lack of qualified applicants. Just like any overextended public service, police departments and sheriffs’ offices must prioritize where resources are allocated.

Operation Identification (Operation ID) is a security system endorsed by the police. It was developed in the 1960s and is a D.I.Y. version of how people the world round register and tag motor vehicles.

When it comes to MIL STD 130, the Unique Identification (UID) and the Item Unique Identification (IUID) are two distinct things that are almost always printed together. What they are and what they are not, and what they do and what they don't do are important to tease...

The exchange principle, or the Theory of Exchange, was first conceptualized by Edmond Locard in the late 18th century, and up to the 1930s when he published three papers in the American Journal of Police Science. Theory of Exchange The essence of the exchange...

Because of the very successful marketing strategies on the part of companies that focus on the more expensive, high-margin tracking technologies, tracing technology has been left in the dust.