Question 1:
“Hands up, Don’t Shoot!” is the well known slogan chanted by protestors after the death of a black teen, who was gunned down in the middle of the street by a white Ferguson police officer in 2014. This event highlighted the rising trend of police brutality across the nation, mainly in the black community. Government officials are now taking action towards decreasing police related deaths among teens by implementing technology such as body cameras worn by officers while on duty. Surveillance capabilities, protective gear, database management and 9-1-1 call centers have significantly affected policing. In this essay, I will provide advantages of technology in policing. In addition, I will discuss my thoughts on the development …show more content…
Most importantly promoting safety to law enforcement officials in the line of duty. Surveillances, database management and 9-1-1 call center serve as a beneficial for law officials. There are many other technologies in policing that are very essential, however, I found that the following three listed are most important. One reason is that the three selected ties into saving lives of citizen and law officials by a) monitoring, b) routing help within appropriate times and c) the storing of important data. Let us reflect back on the steps taking in the killing of the black Ferguson teen. Surveillance, 9-1-1 call center, and data base management system were involved in assisting with the who, what, when, how and why. Imagine if policing did not use technology, there would be more dead bodies, injured officers and more discrepancies in evidence. So, is it beneficial to utilize technology in …show more content…
Two Leon county deputy responded to the call and were the first two on scene. Prior to arriving, dispatchers failed to informed the deputies on the background of the suspect. The suspect was known as an Anti-Government and made threats in reference to harming law enforcement officials. Failure to translate data, one deputy succumbed to his injuries and the other deputy was seriously wounded. The use of information technology in criminal justice system is advantage, however, it also present negative unintended consequences such as cost, trainings, transferring data, complex and management and productivity. In this essay, I will identify two negative consequences of the increase of IT in criminal justice. In addition, I will provide my thoughts on ways to overcome hurdles with in utilizing IT in criminal
“Hands up, Don’t Shoot!” is the well known slogan chanted by protestors after the death of a black teen, who was gunned down in the middle of the street by a white Ferguson police officer in 2014. This event highlighted the rising trend of police brutality across the nation, mainly in the black community. Government officials are now taking action towards decreasing police related deaths among teens by implementing technology such as body cameras worn by officers while on duty. Surveillance capabilities, protective gear, database management and 9-1-1 call centers have significantly affected policing. In this essay, I will provide advantages of technology in policing. In addition, I will discuss my thoughts on the development …show more content…
Most importantly promoting safety to law enforcement officials in the line of duty. Surveillances, database management and 9-1-1 call center serve as a beneficial for law officials. There are many other technologies in policing that are very essential, however, I found that the following three listed are most important. One reason is that the three selected ties into saving lives of citizen and law officials by a) monitoring, b) routing help within appropriate times and c) the storing of important data. Let us reflect back on the steps taking in the killing of the black Ferguson teen. Surveillance, 9-1-1 call center, and data base management system were involved in assisting with the who, what, when, how and why. Imagine if policing did not use technology, there would be more dead bodies, injured officers and more discrepancies in evidence. So, is it beneficial to utilize technology in …show more content…
Two Leon county deputy responded to the call and were the first two on scene. Prior to arriving, dispatchers failed to informed the deputies on the background of the suspect. The suspect was known as an Anti-Government and made threats in reference to harming law enforcement officials. Failure to translate data, one deputy succumbed to his injuries and the other deputy was seriously wounded. The use of information technology in criminal justice system is advantage, however, it also present negative unintended consequences such as cost, trainings, transferring data, complex and management and productivity. In this essay, I will identify two negative consequences of the increase of IT in criminal justice. In addition, I will provide my thoughts on ways to overcome hurdles with in utilizing IT in criminal