The Impact of Future Technology on Crime and Law Enforcement
Table of Contents
Executive Summary 1
Future Operational Needs of Law Enforcement 3
Future Crime-Fighting Technologies 4
Crime Predictive Analytics 7
Conclusions 8
References 10
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
“Policing in America today is at a crossroads as it looks towards the future, the old policing strategies are no longer suited to address the emerging threats and growth of electronic crimes arising from out of the growth and popularity of the Internet, these crimes include: online fraud, child pornography, embezzlement, economic espionage, privacy violations, computer intrusions, cyber--stalking or any other offences that occur in an electronic environment for the express purpose of economic gain or with the intend to destroy or inflict harm to another person or institution.” Cybercrime is growing dramatically with each passing year and in order for Law enforcement to stay a step ahead of the cybercriminals a new model of policing has to be developed. A policing model that is able to utilize new technology-driven crime-fighting tools that enable them to enhance the effectiveness of law enforcement operations across the nation.
“A new policing model that incorporates the current existing policing concepts,”2 without turning American into a Police state, which is another issue facing Law enforcement as they move towards the future, one which Critics claim that over the past decade the United States has been moving towards a police-state in a number of small but noticeable ways, such as:
“The United States National Security Administration recently requisitioned all Verizon phone records in the US for a period of 3 months. Your telephone records (who you called and for how long) say a great deal about you. This was done with a court order and has been going on since 2001.”2
1. “American police are becoming militarized, with SWAT teams proliferating, and use of
Drones, GPS tracking devices,
Executive Summary 1
Future Operational Needs of Law Enforcement 3
Future Crime-Fighting Technologies 4
Crime Predictive Analytics 7
Conclusions 8
References 10
.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
“Policing in America today is at a crossroads as it looks towards the future, the old policing strategies are no longer suited to address the emerging threats and growth of electronic crimes arising from out of the growth and popularity of the Internet, these crimes include: online fraud, child pornography, embezzlement, economic espionage, privacy violations, computer intrusions, cyber--stalking or any other offences that occur in an electronic environment for the express purpose of economic gain or with the intend to destroy or inflict harm to another person or institution.” Cybercrime is growing dramatically with each passing year and in order for Law enforcement to stay a step ahead of the cybercriminals a new model of policing has to be developed. A policing model that is able to utilize new technology-driven crime-fighting tools that enable them to enhance the effectiveness of law enforcement operations across the nation.
“A new policing model that incorporates the current existing policing concepts,”2 without turning American into a Police state, which is another issue facing Law enforcement as they move towards the future, one which Critics claim that over the past decade the United States has been moving towards a police-state in a number of small but noticeable ways, such as:
“The United States National Security Administration recently requisitioned all Verizon phone records in the US for a period of 3 months. Your telephone records (who you called and for how long) say a great deal about you. This was done with a court order and has been going on since 2001.”2
1. “American police are becoming militarized, with SWAT teams proliferating, and use of
Drones, GPS tracking devices,