Despite the potential of Faces as a crime-fighting tool, it may not catch on with law enforcement agencies.

The police consider it a crucial crime-fighting tool based on street savvy.

Youth programs are seen as a critical crime-fighting tool by police departments across the country.

Bicycles are also effective crime-fighting tools when used in densely populated urban areas.

Over the years it is shown to contain a virtually limitless variety of crime-fighting tools.

Police and prosecutors will also gain a much-improved crime-fighting tool.

It has been viewed by some departments as a crime-fighting tool, given its cost.

Now two years old, the technical initiative has evolved into one of the department's most potent crime-fighting tools.

Mr. Farmer said the policy had some success as a crime-fighting tool.

Conservatives were enraged that abortion could be construed as a crime-fighting tool.