Law Enforcement
Real Life Robocop?
Todays law enforcement officers have amazing technology at their fingertips from in-car workstations to smartphones to case management systems and also a plethora (yes I said plethora) of non lethal weapons. I ran across this blog post over at Galls which makes some very good points so head on over and check it out.
NYPD – Uses Twitter to Thwart Gang Violence
I just read this story that relates to a previous blog post here where police utilize social media to apprehend gang members. In this case it’s the NYPD and a Twitter tip that leads police to a gathering of gang members. In this case 56 people were arrested and a firearm was recovered. Read the [...]
Surveillance using Twitter
Do you attach your location to your tweets? I’ve noticed that some mobile applications do this by default. This had me wondering how much value it would be to develop a way to mine that data for law enforcement use. If your suspect is an avid user of Twitter, you could grab a list of [...]
Twitter and Facebook for Law Enforcement
There was a time, not so long ago, that the words “Twitter” and “Facebook” meant nothing to most people. Now there are over 200 million Twitter accounts out there and it seems like everyone on the planet uses Facebook. These services have evolved from purely social to so much more. Many people (myself included) get [...]
FBI Nears Completion of Super Search Engine
The FBI is getting ready to roll out it’s National Law Enforcement Data Exchange system nationwide. In an article on it’s website (read article here) the FBI said that the system should be ready in late February 2011. The N-DEX system is basically a search engine of criminal data gathered from all over the nation [...]