Fighting Crime and the Need for Technology
by Technology has found its way via the route of computer access and the involvement regarding criminal justice agencies and networks of communications. Terminals in correction facilities help to identify and track inmates.
Technology has found its way via the route of computer access and the involvement regarding criminal justice agencies and networks of communications. Terminals in correction facilities help to identify and track inmates.
Organizational internet access allows authorized personnel to track information from many locations. Police have “Mobile Data Terminals that transfer information to and from a patrol car to a central unit and connection with the dispatch center. This eliminates the need for the radio. The information can be only accessed by the police.
AFIS holds images recorded digitally scanned and stored fingerprint information. Comparison of suspects prints can be done in minutes in regard to crime scenes.
Sexual offenders can be identified and linked to crimes through a national data base named CODIS. CODIS matches DNA from crime scenes and matches them with DNA of known convicted sex offenders.
Law enforcement agencies use a technology similar to AAR in their training of firearms. It trains police in a variety of scenarios which trains them in regard to their shooting skills.
Digital cameras allow quality 3 dimensional angles from suspects and can be stored in a local computer base. The live scan fingerprint process is quicker and allows the police to aid in reduction of violent or repeat offenders from getting lost in the system.
Places such as Virginia are experimenting with synchronous transmission of information which is “real time” transmission or reception of video images and audio. The suspect can appear before a magistrate or judge in a local jail and face the determination of bail and charges just like a real court hearing.
World wide web is used by many law enforcement professionals which aids in tracking criminals, communicating between agencies, isolating and identifying problem areas, and establishing a link with the outside world otherwise which would have been done only with personal contact.
Listservs are one of the most cost effective means for networking among criminal justice professionals worldwide.
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