Question

How are new technologies assisting in the fight against terrorism, monitoring sexual offenders, monitoring gang offenders, sketching crime scenes, and tracking high speed pursuits?

Answer 1

New technologies are blessing for keeping an eye on criminal activity and controlling them.

a)geographic information systems (GIS), seismic sensors, and infrared night vision equipment- GIS technology to map the locations of alien apprehensions.GIS has revolutionized the practice of electronic crime mapping, or visually displaying crime incidents on a mapped surface of a particular jurisdiction.it also helps in monitoring sexual offenders, monitoring gang offenders, sketching crime scenes, and tracking high speed pursuits

b)  Intelligent Computer Aided Detection System (ICAD)-it detects potential illegal migrant entry into the country. it helps in keeping a track over raising terrorism.

The application of such technologies to the practice of law enforcement has revolutionized the capacity of police to both respond to crime that is taking place in real time. Also Surveillance technologies represent the wide array of systems currently available to law enforcement, the military, and even private entities, to track the movements of individuals and/or provide capable guardianship to a specific location. by using  CCTV, GPS, Biometrics, and APIS systems.

- closed-circuit television (CCTV) video surveillance to reduce crime and increase public safety. no one can erase images caught on this and it helps the investigator to identify the criminal.

- Global positioning systems (GPS) use satellite-based technologies for the purpose of tracking the movement of patrol cars or specially equipped stolen vehicles. GPS technology has also proven to significantly enhance aerial photography of crime incident locations, allowing for greater visualization of the complete context of a situation

- Biometric technologies involve the automatic, real-time identification of individuals based on their physiology or behavior . Biometrics thus covers a diversity of technologies, including voice/speech recognition, fingerprint scanning, lip movement recognition, retinal scanning, facial recognition software, DNA profiling

-Facial Recognition Software The field of biometrics, particularly facial recognition software, is seen as offering the chance to overcome the limitations of CCTV systems, both by reducing the need for expensive human operators and by making the process of suspect identification faster and more reliable.

-Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS), this enhanced technology offers a two-hour turnaround on electronically submitted criminal print searches from federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies

databases of the offenderrs are maintained for information sharing between different jurisdiction.There has been significant advancement in technology in the past twenty years, and the application of this technology to policing has benefited law enforcement officers in both proactive and reactive methods of policing. The most important factors in crime analysis are timeliness, relevancy, and reliability, all of which are necessary in order to effectively examine data.