Assignment: Training for Reactive and Proactive Responses

Integratin g New

Technolog y in Law

Enforceme nt Practice

•Johnny Williams III •Walden University •CRJS 3003: Law Enforcement •Dr. John Walker •October 03, 2020

The technology that I would like to focus on for this presentation is mobile fingerprinting .

For the officer having the ability to identify potential suspects while out on the field is a valuable tool for law enforcement officers (Burt, 2019).

Often while out in the field officers encounter people from all walks of life some may be fugitives from justice or simply no records at all.

Mobile fingerprinting will resolve a lot of those issues that normally would need to wait until they get them to the station.

The concern has been with the use of such technology is that it could lead to a large-scale data bases of citizens (Gerda, 2020).

The only people who will have their fingerprints are only those that are legally required by being detained or arrested (Gerda, 2020).

Portable fingerprinti ng and current law enforceme nt practice.

• 1. Promote officer safety

• 2. Protect the public

• 3. Maximize productivity

• 4. Prevent deception

Current law enforcemenet impact

• 1. Take proper safety precautions when you positively ID (Fulcrum Biometrics, 2020).

• 2. Remove potentially violent-criminals more quickly (Fulcrum Biometrics, 2020).

• 3. Process individuals more efficiently (Fulcrum Biometrics, 2020).

• 4. A fingerprint is a very certain method for identifying a person (Fulcrum Biometrics, 2020).

Citizen Expectation

• The way to get the public acceptance of the technology is by educating them as much as possible and answer as any questions that they may have.

I do not think that citizen understand the legal implications of the use of police portable fingerprint technology fully too know that the more effective an officer can be at their job the more protected the public will be.

The past of policing technology

In the past police only had limited equipment to do their job which only consisted of three things that was a baton, gun and handcuffs they didn’t even have the use of a portable radio just about a hundred years ago (Davidson, 2019).

The future of policing technology

The present and future of policing. Policing has evolved since having the use of three pieces of equipment to now having a host of other things that are now at their exposal.

The more that technology is evolving so should policing, they should be able to use every tool that is available that legally helps to not only enforce the law but having the advantage of being able to predict future crimes or even terrorism and be able to put a stop to it.

Reference: Burt, C. (2019). IDEMIA launches mobile biometric fingerprint scanner for law enforcement. Biometric Update. Retrieved 3 October 2020, from https://www.biometricupdate.com/201904/idemia-launches-mobile-biometric-fingerprint-scanner-for-law-enforcement#:~:text=IDEMIA%20launches%20mobile%20biometric %20fingerprint%20scanner%20for%20law%20enforcement,-Apr%2022%2C%202019&text=IDEMIA%20has%20launched%20a%20new,fingerprint%20identification%20in %20the%20field.

Gerda, N. (2020). Mobile Fingerprint Scanners to Be Distributed to OC Law Enforcement Under New Program. Voice of OC. Retrieved 3 October 2020, from https://voiceofoc.org/2020/09/mobile-fingerprint-scanners-to-be-distributed-to-oc-law-enforcement-under-new-program/.

Fulcrum Biometrics. (2020). RISC Rapid ID Fingerprint Scanner | Texas | Portable Fingerprint Scanner for Law Enforcement | Rapid ID System. Fulcrumbiometrics.com. Retrieved 3 October 2020, from https://www.fulcrumbiometrics.com/Articles.asp?ID=424.

Davidson, R. (2019). Automated Threat Detection and the Future of Policing | FBI: Law Enforcement Bulletin. FBI: Law Enforcement Bulletin. Retrieved 3 October 2020, from https://leb.fbi.gov/articles/featured-articles/automated-threat-detection-and-the-future-of-policing.