Tapping in to tablets: Knox County Sheriff's detectives find iPads helpful with investigations

Yarnell said he recently used his iPad to audio tape statements from crime victims in a hospital room. He was able set the device to the side and got a high-quality recording he shared with other detectives in seconds. “It’s real intimidating when you lay a tape recorder down in from of them,” Cowan said. “With these, you set it off to the side and they know they’re being recorded, but it’s easier for them to talk.”