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Designing a predictive policing system Comments

The best models result when every member of the agency is involved in the analytical design. ...

What (the bleep) is predictive policing, anyway?

At its root, predictive policing is a mega-extension of the intuition that all good cops develop over time. ...

Investigating Twitter: Mining social media for intel Expert Analysis

What are some social media best practices in the area of crime prevention, investigation, and enforcement? ...

The technology that helped nab the Boston bombers Comments

Technology played a big role in aiding the police operation that caught the Tsarnaev brothers ...

CIA moves IT to the cloud Comments

Mission-critical operations are usually among the last to adopt new technologies, preferring to wait until the bugs are worked out and their utility is proven before betting the ranch on a new gadget’s performance. ...

3 ways to protect yourself from hackers

Many police agencies, private businesses, and even our own Federal Government have experienced some kind of hacker intrusion in the past few years. ...

3 ways cops could use Google Glass Comments

So-called 'augmented reality' is not unlike the view that the movies showed RoboCop and the Terminator to have, where data was superimposed over whatever they saw. ...

Lowering risks and raising funds with speed cameras Comments

The National Safety Council found that speeding is not likely to be controlled without vigorous, consistent enforcement, including the use of automated technology. ...

The 'paper' PC: A tablet fit for your squad room? Comments

Plastic Logic demonstrated the PaperTab — a computer no thicker than a floppy sheet of plastic — at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) earlier this year. ...

New simulators merge EVOC and use-of-force training

FAAC's DrivingForce simulation technology aims to make inroads in the law enforcement training community. ...

NC agency gets 125 AXON Flex cameras with ARRA grant Video

Greensboro Police Chief Ken Miller says the cameras "work as an unbiased witness" ...

Video: 'RoboCop' headset lets police look through walls Video

By PoliceOne Staff A new device has been designed to help police spot criminals through buildings using infrared technology. Golden-I, developed by Kopin Corporation, is a device that operates by voice ...

The next generation of lie detectors Comments

The Embodied Avatar device is presently being tested on real border crossers in Nogales, Arizona. ...

Turning up the power on PowerPoint

A product from Turning Technologies called TurningPoint helps collect real-time audience responses, enabling you to turn your PowerPoint presentations into powerful data collection and assessment tools. ...

Crime mapping software aiding arrests in Wash. Comments

Detectives in Spokane are using crime-mapping software to help predict when and where thieves might strike next. ...

N.C. department adds surveillance cameras Comments

Police personnel have been tooling with the cameras for about 10 months, experimenting with locations and trying to get everything right. ...

Data archiving options: Archival-grade optical disks and a really hard drive

Law enforcement used to be mainly a paper-based activity with regard to documentation, but we’re all moving increasingly to digital records. Officers are taking reports and issuing citations with ...

Biometric technology and the gun-control debate Comments

The atrocity in Newtown a few weeks back threw gas on the fire of the gun-control debate. The arguments — and the arguers — haven’t changed much. Liberals mostly want to see draconian ...

2012 in Review: A gift guide for cops Comments

You want these things, even if you don’t know it yet. ...

2012 in Review: Top trends in police technology Comments

My instant response to the assignment to write about the top technology developments of 2012 was to identify the most innovative gadgets and products that debuted this year. Experience has taught me that ...