PoliceOne.com - Technology Newsletter - June 10, 2008
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Digital video – the good, the bad, and the techie

By PoliceOne Senior Editor Doug Wyllie
Digital video files captured with in-car mounted systems can be powerful tools to assist in securing convictions – virtually every prosecutor in America wants to have these incident recordings. Officers have become accustomed to such systems because they have become practically ubiquitous in cruisers from coast to coast.

But what are the hidden ramifications for law enforcement officers to these high-tech video systems? ... Full Story
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Technology in the News
Cops scour YouTube footage of post-Celtics’ victory riots



BOSTON — Police are scouring tapes from surveillance cameras around the city as well as video turned over by local media outlets in a bid to track down vandals. In one clip, hundreds of green-clad clowns erupt into cheers as street signs are hurled through plate glass windows. In another, fans uproot trees while the testosterone-fueled crowd chants for women to expose themselves ... Full Story

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Infrared devices clear roads for Ind. cops

Police increase use of texting for crime tips

Calif. deputies to receive TASERs with cameras

Tucson police to get lifesaving bandages

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PoliceOne Technology Tips
Learning about YOU with
your in-car camera		 Volatility of digital evidence

That video dash cam in your patrol car’s front window may be one of the best training tools you have outside of an experienced instructor.

Each time you stop a car, the event is recorded for your viewing pleasure, with sound ... Read tip

Read all PoliceOne Officer Safety tips

Digital data are stored in various forms (random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), hard drives, and other magnetic or optical media) and are subject to inadvertent alteration, degradation ... Read tip

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Press Releases


ITT to Supply First Responders with Night Vision Through Homeland Security Contract
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Arotech's IES Interactive Training is Contracted to Provide 24 New MILO Range Training Simulators to U.S. DOJ"
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Insight's Commercial Thermal Imaging for First Responders Selected as Part of CEDAP
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Visual Computer Solutions Announces New State-of-the-Art Training Facility
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