Lynn University Criminal Justice Program

09/06/2026

Yikes. For criminal justice students who do not understand that life is far stranger than we would accept in fiction, I offer this case, raising significant issues of mental health and imminent danger.

A Wisconsin man is accused of stalking a woman for 13 years and was found with human skulls and a jar containing part of John Wayne Gacy’s brain in his home.

09/06/2026

Targets of ATF investigations may have uniquely acquired insights due to a cybersecurity "incident" that exposed such data to a hacker group tentatively identified as Qilin, a Russian group hacking for profit.

The prolific ransomware group Qilin claimed responsibility for the attack. ATF insists the incident was limited to a standalone system and hasn’t impacted critical operations.

09/05/2026

Can AI in law enforcement be a force for good? This product proposes to support officers seeking to resolve time-sensitive policy issues in the field. It will depend on a solid data backbone and rapid data processing to be successful.

Blue Voice is trained on department-specific laws, local ordinances, protocols, and guidelines that general-purpose AI tools can't access on the public internet.

09/05/2026

The most fundamental crime prevention is also the most basic. Lock your doors. The trio of criminology is the combination of a motivated offender, a suitable target, and the absence of a capable guardian. Your lock is the first available guardian.

A Ring alert and a neighbor tip led PBSO to four felony charges in a June car burglary spree inside gated Brentwood of Boca in west Boca Raton.

08/31/2026

Lynn students in need of a DQR/DSL400 that works with your Criminal Justice goals, check out Dr. April Watson's ENV420 in Fall 2.

08/27/2026

Illegal and harmful drugs are not unique to western countries - here is reporting on a traffic stop and arrest in Nigeria. Methylene chloride creates a narcotic-like effect while it kills you in varied ways.

Bauchi Police Command arrests 23-year-old Aliyu Suleman, recovering Methylene Chloride and rubber solution in a major drug bust. Read more on the Bauchi dr

08/21/2026

Incident of domestic violence (IPV) makes Florida Man of woman, biting off a piece of her husband's ear as he drives with children in the car.

Florida Highway Patrol troopers arrested a Boca Raton woman over the weekend after they said she bit off part of her husband’s ear while he was driving with his two children in the car on Interstate 95 in Broward County.

08/21/2026

Protection of property, combined with domestic surveillance and AI capabilities, is growing and will be used for future investigations - you don't expect tech this powerful to stay in your control, do you?

How domestic technology is normalizing biometric surveillance Aug 18, 2026, 3:09 pm EDT | Fraser Sampson Categories Biometrics News  |  Consumer Electronics  |  Surveillance   What new device is this describing? – “The [Pro] has radar-based motion tracking, which gives you a trace of a pers...

08/21/2026

Please remember that there is no expectation of privacy in what you share with AI, and all data you share with AI is subject to discovery by police and opposing counsel.

An "expert witness" hired by the industrial conglomerate 3M was exposed in court for using ChatGPT to generate his entire report.

08/21/2026

Accountability for data access and privacy issues is coming for police departments. This is not the change in crime-fighting that Flock cameras anticipated.

A Colleton County sheriff’s lieutenant was fired Thursday after an internal audit found he used the agency’s Flock camera system for thousands of unauthorized s