How individual are mass-produced guns? If a man buys a .38 for himself, likes it, and buys the same model for his daughter, would they look the same, ballistics wise?

Do they intentionally keep police interrogation rooms cold? Whenever I watch The First 48, people pulls their arms inside their shirts like they are freezing.

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In the state of Missouri is the legal age for a teen to be able to leave home on his/her own 16 or 17?

Thank you!

I have an idea for a story I'm just beginning to write, and I'm finding I have a *lot* of questions about the Boston Police. I've been researching online, and the official website has helped a lot. But then, it's also prompted more questions. (In fact, in some ways, the more I research, the less I understand.) So, hoping there are some Boston ( Read more... )

Would it be possible for the victim of extortion to ask police to install a hidden camera (audio and video) in the victim's living room? The idea being to catch the suspect on tape demanding the money. The location is in Illinois, where you can have hidden video but not audio recordings as long as it is not in a expected privacy location. Would you ( Read more... )

I was curious about the procedures regarding runaway minors. When a minor is believed to have runaway, how is the investigation handled? How long would the minor be considered missing rather than a runaway? Would tips be reported to the local police, or is there a runaway/missing child hotline ( Read more... )

I know this is not precisely on topic for this community but I do not know where to post it and get it answered ( Read more... )

Hi,

I was hoping someone could help me out for a story.  If an attorney is present when someone is questioned, what is generally recorded in the police reports?  Just name and contact info for the attorney, or is more info required?

Thanks,

--etienne

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