Sammons to speak at 28th Annual ROCIC Homicide conference

Marshall University’s John Sammons, director of the digital forensics and information assurance program in the College of Science, has been invited to speak at the 28th Annual Regional Organized Crime Information Center (ROCIC) Homicide Conference, which is underway until Sept. 11 in Little Rock, Arkansas. His talk is titled “Vehicle Forensics: The Road Ahead.”

The conference is attended by hundreds of local, state, and federal law enforcement officers and prosecutors. This year’s attendees represent 178 different law enforcement agencies from 16 different states.

“Vehicle infotainment systems are an emerging source of digital evidence,” Sammons said. “As more and more connected cars flood the market, evidence from these systems will play an ever-increasing role in a variety of cases, including homicides. For example, evidence from these systems could connect victims and suspects, or suspects and crime scenes.

“Speaking at a conference like this is a tremendous opportunity to introduce our program to a law enforcement audience beyond our region,” he said.

ROCIC is one of six Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) centers, serving thousands of law enforcement member agencies in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Puerto Rico and the U. S. Virgin Islands.

ROCIC and the RISS Program offer law enforcement agencies and officers a full range of services, from the beginning of an investigation to the ultimate prosecution and conviction of criminals. ROCIC provides services and resources that directly impact law enforcement’s ability to successfully resolve criminal investigations and prosecute offenders