QUANTICO, Va. – More than 30 years ago, the Federal Bureau of Investigation launched a revolutionary computer system in a bomb shelter two floors beneath the cafeteria of its national academy. Dubbed ...

Yesterday the FBI announced that participating law enforcement agencies will soon be able to access the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) online. ViCAP allows law enforcement agencies to ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a nationwide alert on the case of Maura Murray, a University of Massachusetts Amherst student who disappeared almost 18 years ago. Her sister, Julie ...

The Justice Department is seeking to bolster the FBI’s efforts at apprehending violent criminals — issuing grants for local police departments to test rape kits and requiring that those agencies ...

SAN ANTONIO – Law enforcement agencies from around the area are being trained on how to use the FBI's Violent Criminal Apprehension Program, or ViCAP, to help provide new leads in unsolved or cold ...

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The Justice Department is seeking to bolster the FBI’s efforts at apprehending violent criminals — issuing grants for local police departments to test rape kits and requiring that those agencies ...

This story was co-published with The Atlantic. QUANTICO, Va. — More than 30 years ago, the Federal Bureau of Investigation launched a revolutionary computer system in a bomb shelter two floors beneath ...

This originally appeared on ProPublica. QUANTICO, Va. — More than 30 years ago, the Federal Bureau of Investigation launched a revolutionary computer system in a bomb shelter two floors beneath the ...

That's what's striking about ViCAP today: the paucity of information it contains. Only about 1,400 police agencies in the U.S., out of roughly 18,000, participate in the system. The database receives ...

For roughly 30 years the FBI has virtually ignored a system meant to help cops track the behavioral patterns of violent criminals. More than 30 years ago, the Federal Bureau of Investigation launched ...