Police involvement in identify theft cases raises unique concerns, according to experts in the growing crime.

“The implications are huge, simply because the confidential information that a law enforcement office has access to is exactly the type of information used to commit identity theft,” said Marc Roger, the head of Purdue University?s Cyber Forensics Department and an identity theft expert. Rogers, a former police detective, said police need to use a variety of sources for investigations that contain sensitive information.