Indiana is deploying nearly a dozen hubs around the state that will help local prosecutors with the technology used in crimes.
The units were made possible this year through legislation and $3 million a year in state funding.
Courtney Curtis is with the Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council. She said as technology has become more complex, so has investigating crimes. The hubs will help clear evidence backlogs and investigate those crimes – using, in part, student investigators from local colleges and universities.
“You know, they say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks – we can’t teach an old attorney new tricks sometimes, too," Curtis said. "These students, it’s just very intuitive for them. They understand technology in a way that some of the older generations don’t.”
