Technology

Technology

1. Drones

   • Contribution: Ability to observe public spaces to assist with crowd control, Used to assist in Diagraming Crash Reconstruction, increase police report accuracy by having a video documenting a scene. https://grinddrone.com/info/pros-cons-police-drones
   • Challenge: Can be used to violate someone's privacy and 4th Amendment Rights
     •    If a drone were to follow a person to a dwelling and looking into the window that would violate their 4th Amendment rights due to not having a warrant to do so.   

2. GIS Geographic information system

   • Challenge: The use of contextualized data from a law enforcement agency raises new concerns about the need for privacy and confidentiality. Overlaying specific crimes with ethnicity, age, and gender may inadvertently reveal the identity of a victim https://www.ncjrs.gov/ovc_archives/reports/geoinfosys2003/cm3b.html
   • Contribution: Crime Mapping enhances a police officer’s time on the streets and enhances the agency's ability to use the data. It plots the geographical attributes of criminal phenomena, so when asked why a specific crime occurs in a certain area a law enforcement agency can seek the answer with the data . https://www.ncjrs.gov/ovc_archives/reports/geoinfosys2003/cm3b.html

3. Gunshot Detection

   • Contribution: Ability to get report of a firearm discharge immediately directly of officers phone https://www.shotspotter.com/law-enforcement/gunshot-detection/
   • Challenge: A study confirmed positive outcomes in police response and dispatch times Due to the use of Shot Spotter https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15614263.2013.800671

4. CAD Computer Aided Drafting

   • Challenge: Since the drawings are created by people, the accuracy may be questioned
   • Contribution: Police officers use CAD to reconstruct crime scenes or to diagram scenes of traffic accidents. A CAD program increases a law enforcement agency's efficiency and the potential of their computer system. https://newtotse.com/oldtotse/en/law/justice_for_all/caddraft.html

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