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Council approves new police technology position to centralize digital-forensic work
Summary
The council approved a new, specialized law-enforcement position to handle cellphone forensics, social media collection and other digital-evidence tasks so detectives are not pulled off investigations; the police chief described a shortage of certified specialists as the rationale.
The Joliet City Council on Oct. 19 approved creation of a specialized police position focused on digital evidence, cellphone data extraction, social media investigations and related technical tasks.
Police leadership told the council that investigators are currently pulled off detective assignments to perform…
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