Police Mobile Computers News & Articles

Any technology that can be used for legitimate purposes can be used to accomplish illegal aims as well. State and local law enforcement officials responding to emergencies and criminal complaints almost inevitably discover the presence of a cell phone. These cellular phones should not be overlooked as a potential source of evidence and intelligence in any type of criminal investigation. A quick look at the headlines will reveal criminals using cellular phone technology as a network for coordinating a criminal enterprise, a means to send harassing text messages to a victim, a method of producing photographs viewed by a pedophile, or a way for international or domestic terrorists to detonate devices. ...

All-terrain mobile command center with the comforts of home By Sharna Johnson The Clovis News Journal Reprinted with permission from Freedom Newspapers of N.M. CLOVIS, N.M. — The Clovis Police Department’s ...

By Lieutenant Raymond E. Foster, MPA The mobile office is on its way out. In the near future, the only way to describe a police vehicle will be as a platform. A platform is a combination of technologies ...

Cops are constantly adapting their equipment to the environment. Our kit bags have grown larger and larger as we collected additional equipment to deal with the job. Our departments give us the basics, and as we face new situations we think about what tools could make tasks easier. Then, we go out and get them for next time. Much of the commercially produced police equipment used today was developed "on the fly" by those who walked the beat before us. ...

by Steve Ashley Click here to subscribe to Law Officer Magazine The recent phenomenal growth and evolution of technology has impacted law enforcement as heavily as the rest of society. While many agencies ...

The Associated Press Pittsburgh - State Police are assuming full responsibility for truck safety inspections, a duty that had been shared with the state Department of Transportation. PennDOT specialists ...

The Laramie Police Department, Fire Department and Albany County Sheriff’s Office will soon be using an integrated computer system that will allow them access to their main computer system from their ...

By Fawn Roark, Mountain Times North Carolina North Carolina — The Jefferson Police Department will be receiving laptop computers or mobile data terminals for their police cars that will help them be safer ...

In Azusa, California, the bad guys had better watch out. Their local police have a high-tech advantage when it comes to apprehending criminals: a custom-designed crime-fighting computer system that field ...