Authored by Chad Gish. A few years ago, my lab at Nashville Police Department hit the breaking point. Our backlog was growing, and we were waiting weeks for devices to come back, and I caught myself thinking the same thing many investigators do: We’ll just overtime our way out of this. But you can’t outwork exponential data growth. We were effectively babysitting every step of every case, and the pressure to deliver was relentless.
Authored by Chad Gish. A few years ago, my lab at Nashville Police Department hit the breaking point. Our backlog was growing, detectives were waiting months for devices to come back, and I caught myself thinking the same thing many investigators do: We’ll just overtime our way out of this. But you can’t outwork exponential data growth. As the cases piled up, so did the pressure. In homicide or violent-crime work, time isn’t a luxury; it’s the difference between a solved case and a family that never gets answers. When you’re the lead detective, that weight sits squarely on your shoulders.
With the number of mobile devices exceeding the global population, evidence from smartphones plays an essential role in criminal investigations. But as mobile devices continue to grow in storage capacity, the time needed to extract and process this critical data becomes increasingly challenging. With our latest integration, we have added the ability to send mobile … Continued
Across policing agencies, the volume of mobile devices that need to be extracted and processed for criminal investigations present a persistent and increasing challenge, leading to delays in cases and the serving of justice.
Mobile smartphones have become engrained in our daily lives, so when someone commits a crime, mobile data is almost always a critical source of evidence. Magnet GRAYKEY provides the ability to quickly extract encrypted or inaccessible data from mobile devices on locked iOS and leading Android devices. However, most criminal investigations typically include multiple mobile devices, and it takes time to access and extract the data from each device to determine what truly happened.
