Originally Posted by Antonio

They can have all the best tools, gadgets, and software they want, they still have limited resources; they could get the help of the public early in the investigation rather than waiting untill it gets (if it gets) to a dead end.

I don't expect baddog to understand this, after all he was born a few centuries ago, but I am pretty sure that it makes sense to many, definitely makes sense to me. I'm not saying that they should let the public solve the case, but rather ask the public gather and, to a degree, process the tons of information and digital files available.