-Caveat Lector- "Engler, Donna" wrote: > > NLECTC Law Enforcement & Corrections Technology News Summary > Thursday, September 16, 1999 > > The National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center > (NLECTC) provides the following information as a service to > law enforcement, corrections, and forensic science > practitioners. The summary includes abstracts of articles > from major national newspapers, business magazines, Web sites, > national and international wire services, and periodicals > focusing on law enforcement and corrections technology. > Please note that providing synopses of articles on law > enforcement and corrections technology or the mention of > specific manufacturers or products does not constitute the > endorsement of the U.S. Department of Justice or NLECTC. > > For more information on NLECTC and the web version of this > news summary, please visit JUSTNET at http://www.nlectc.org. > NLECTC may also be reached at 1-800-248-2742. > > Reproduction of this text is encouraged; however copies may > not be sold, and the NLECTC Law Enforcement & Corrections > Technology News Summary should be cited as the source of the > information. Copyright 1999, Information Inc., Bethesda, MD. > > **************************HEADLINES*************************** > > "Camera Speeds Booking" > "Seattle Firm Developing High-Tech Training Simulation to > Prepare Law Enforcement Officers for Deadly School > Confrontations" > "Paradigm4 to Integrate Wireless Data Capabilities into Puerto > Rico's Police Department" > "Learn2.com Signs National Contract with Law Enforcement > Online (LEO) to Provide Law Enforcement Professionals with > Web-based Training" > "Police Cars to Get Recording Equipment" > "DCI Agent Hired by Feds to Investigate Computer Child Porn" > "Electronic Crime 'Beating Law Agencies'" > "Officer Saved by Vest" > "Coast Guard Uses Helicopters, Firepower to Halt Drug Runners" > "Technology Key to Tracking Down Internet Crime" > "Pawn Shop Network Helps Cops Collar Criminals" > "DuPont Helps Departments Nab Bullet-Resistant Vest Funds" > "Why and How Sheriffs Must Lead Corrections Into the 21st > Century" > "Unattended, Tranquilized Inmate Dies in Jail" > "E-Gels Allow DNA Results in 35 Minutes" > "Photo Mugshot System" > > ***************************ARTICLES*************************** > > "Camera Speeds Booking" > Washington Times (09/14/99) P. C1; Sorokin, Ellen > > The Fairfax County, Va., Police Department is one of the first > counties in the nation to combine a new fingerprint scanner > and a digital camera to more efficiently identify and book > suspects. It usually takes on average 45 days to check a > suspect's criminal history in Virginia, but the new system > will have the capacity to check criminal histories in 20 > minutes. Also, the new technology will check a suspect's > fingerprints against the FBI database in about two hours, a > process that normally takes up to 30 days. The fingerprint > scanner and digital camera will save the officer time in > booking and make the process more efficient with less > ink-related mistakes. The county currently spends $90,000 on > Polaroid paper and 35mm camera systems; the new technology > will allow the county to spend less than $10,000 on digitized > photograph paper for the new mug shots. The country used > $750,000 in state grants to get the scanners and digital > cameras. By the end of the year, Maryland's Prince George's > and Montgomery Counties plan to join the Northern Virginia > Regional Identification System to help officers identify > suspects wanted in other regions. By January 2000, the > county's goal is to link with the Washington, D.C. police's > Automated Fingerprint Identification System. The fingerprint > and photographic information will remain in the database > indefinitely, or transferred to archives once the system is > full. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > "Seattle Firm Developing High-Tech Training Simulation to > Prepare Law Enforcement Officers for Deadly School > Confrontations" > Business Wire (09/08/99) > > A team of veteran tactical law enforcement officers and > technology experts working at Advanced Interactive Systems' > (AIS) AIS PRISim, the world's most advanced use-of-force > judgment and firearms training system for law enforcement, has > created "School Situations," a program that will prepare > officers for violent and volatile confrontations in schools. > The program was created with advice from law enforcement > departments in Washington state, Oregon, Los Angeles, and > Colorado, where recent school incidents have occurred. > Dangerous situations at schools could include hidden bombs, > unknown suspects, fired shots, and large numbers of injured > people, says Greg Hoover, a former LAPD SWAT training officer > and Director of Law Enforcement Training at AIS. These > situations make it difficult and dangerous for officers to do > their jobs, so training is critical as violent school > incidents continue to increase. Eight different situations, > each with three to eight possible outcomes, are used to train > officers. The training systems have full digital video and > audio playback that use MPEG-2 technology, non-tethered > firearms, real-time scenario control, trainee history, and an > AIS ShootBack cannon that fires .68-caliber nylon balls at the > trainees to make them feel like they are under fire. The > trainer has control of the conflict, allowing for adjustments > based on each trainee's performance and conduct. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > "Paradigm4 to Integrate Wireless Data Capabilities into Puerto > Rico's Police Department" > Business Wire (09/09/99) > > Through a $9.23 million contract granted by the Police > Department of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Paradigm4, a > leading provider of wireless data communications services, > will implement a mobile commuting network--through a > subcontract with Dataradio--in approximately 250 of the Puerto > Rico's police department's first line patrol vehicles that > will connect Puerto Rico's Criminal Justice System, the > Department of Transportation's Motor Vehicle System, and the > newly created Records Management System. Paradigm4 will also > establish a comprehensive record management system--provided > by Public Safety Management--that will automate many criminal > justice systems currently being used by Puerto Rico's police. > The implementations of these wireless data communications and > automating mission critical capabilities will make law > enforcement officials in Puerto Rico more effective and better > able to service its citizens, says Marty Pattwall, CEO of > Paradigm4. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > "Learn2.com Signs National Contract with Law Enforcement > Online (LEO) to Provide Law Enforcement Professionals with > Web-based Training" > PR Newswire (09/14/99) > > Through a contract between Learn2.com, a leading provider of > learning solutions, and Law Enforcement Online (LEO), a site > that allows law enforcement agencies to electronically > communicate and share information, Learn2.com will give the > 18,000 law enforcement professionals currently using LEO > access to Learn2University. Learn2University allows users > unlimited access to a library of 250 interactive multimedia > tutorials on popular business applications such as Office > 2000, 95, and 97, Windows, Microsoft Certified courseware, > programming, network training, the Internet, financial > applications, and more. The contract will provide a > centralized location for training and communications support > and is ideal for improving computer literacy among law > enforcement professionals, says Gary Gardner, LEO Program > Director. Users have access to Learn2University through a 486 > 16MB RAM computer equipped with a 28.8 or faster modem, which > means law enforcement can access Web-based training programs > from anywhere at anytime they want without the need for > hardware or time-consuming downloads. > > ************************************************************** > > Law Enforcement Online (LEO) > > To go online with LEO, contact the FBI's LEO Program Office, > 202-324-8833 and ask for an application. Any approved employee > of a duly constituted local, State, or Federal law enforcement > agency or an approved member of an authorized law enforcement > special interest group can currently access LEO at no cost. > > ************************************************************** > > "Police Cars to Get Recording Equipment" > Washington Times (09/09/99) P. C3 > > The city of Frederick, Maryland, will spend about $20,000 to > equip five police cruisers with video and audio recording > gear. The action came after a task force investigating > allegations of police brutality in the city recommended it. > The task force found no pattern of abuse but said police > probably had used excessive force against some residents. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > "DCI Agent Hired by Feds to Investigate Computer Child Porn" > Associated Press (09/14/99) > > Wyoming U.S. Attorney David D. Freudenthal has named Anthony > M. Young law enforcement coordinator for the state. Forty-five > million children will have access to the Internet in the next > four years, industry experts predict, so it is important that > law enforcement officials have the right training to > investigate and find individuals who use computer technology > to victimize children. Young's experience prosecuting fraud, > drug trafficking, and child pornography cases on the local, > state, and federal level will help the U.S. Attorney's office > crack down on Internet pornography. Technology makes detection > and investigation of computer crimes more complex, so Young > believes the focus should be on training law enforcement > officers on what to look for and what to do when they find > online child pornography. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > "Electronic Crime 'Beating Law Agencies'" > Financial Times (09/14/99) P. 3; Burns, Jimmie > > Electronic criminals are getting the best of governments and > law enforcement agencies worldwide because of inadequate > regulation, excessive banking secrecy, and limited > multi-jurisdictional co-operation, according to speakers at an > international conference yesterday. A series of crimes > involving the disappearance of electronic funds, and a failure > by agencies to trace the criminals, has highlighted > significant gaps in the global financial system. Jonathan > Winer, U.S. deputy secretary of state, has called for the > integration of regulatory agencies and tighter reporting > restrictions covering offshore jurisdictions and such > professions as lawyers and accountants. Other speakers > stressed that existing money-laundering legislation in the > United States and Europe is barely keeping pace with > criminals, who routinely use electronic banking. Additionally, > existing money laws make prosecution for proceeds of crime > committed outside of the U.S. extremely difficult. Rosalind > Wright, director of the UK's Serious Fraud Office, adds that > the sheer volume of daily exchange on the currency > markets--$1,000 billion in sundry transactions--make the task > of checking every exchange nearly impossible. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > "Officer Saved by Vest" > ABC News Wire (09/09/99) > > James Madden, a Philadelphia police officer, is recovering > after being shot in the back as he was making an arrest. > Officers say his bullet proof vest most likely saved his life. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > "Coast Guard Uses Helicopters, Firepower to Halt Drug Runners" > Washington Times (09/14/99) P. A3; Seper, Jerry > > In a Monday press conference, Coast Guard Commandant Adm. > James M. Loy, Transportation Secretary Rodney M. Slater, and > Gen. Barry M. McCaffrey, director of the Office of National > Drug Control Policy, released a new policy, approved by the > White House and Congress last October, that will use Coast > Guard helicopters to stop "go fast" boats that are the > principal means of moving cocaine out of the Caribbean and > into the United States. The Clinton administration and > Congress gave the Coast Guard $4.4 million in additional > resources to stop the flow of drugs into this country. The > helicopters are prepared to fire machine-gun across the boats' > bows, fire "stingballs" that explode into a shower of rubber > pellets, and deploy nets to stop a boat's engine. Known as > Operation New Frontier, the helicopter program has seized 53 > tons of cocaine in the past 11 months, which is worth about > $3.7 billion on the street. Loy hopes to use the helicopters > with the minimum force necessary to safely enforce laws in > Caribbean transit zone. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > "Technology Key to Tracking Down Internet Crime" > Federal Computer Week (08/23/99) Vol. 13, No. 29, P. 21; > Brown, Doug > > President Clinton has formed a working group to examine how > law enforcement agencies can more effectively fight criminal > activities conducted over the Internet. The group will study > current law enforcement practices used to deal with > Internet-related crime. Powerful search-engines and > data-mining tools with the ability to detect anomalies are > also being studied. Tools and initiatives employed by the FBI > are expected to be of particular interest to the group. > Innocent images, the FBI's task force for detecting and > arresting online sexual predators, has yielded 378 arrests and > 322 convictions since 1995. The FBI's computer crimes squad > and National Infrastructure Protection Center will also be > scrutinized. However, both law enforcement and activist groups > are aware of potential privacy issues surrounding using the > Internet for fighting crime. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > "Pawn Shop Network Helps Cops Collar Criminals" > InfoWorld (08/23/99) Vol. 21, No. 34, P. 43; Krill, Paul > > The Miami-Dade, Fla., Police Department, in collaboration with > BellSouth, has launched the "Pawn Shop Network". The network > uploads data from pawn shops to police headquarters on a daily > basis. So far, 30 pawn shops are hooked up to the network, and > the police department hopes to involve 300 to 500 more. Pawn > shops use a pawn-tracking software package, and police receive > the data on a NT server through a secure intranet server. Pawn > shops that are not wired may send their data in on floppy > disks. Owners of pawn shops are less than thrilled because > they now must do both paperwork and computer inventory. The > paperwork is necessary because a fingerprint is required for > pawn shop transactions. Police officials say that the process > has successfully streamlined an overly cumbersome process. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > "DuPont Helps Departments Nab Bullet-Resistant Vest Funds" > Law Enforcement Technology (08/99) Vol. 26, No. 8, P. 18 > > After law enforcement agencies were provided with the > opportunity to register for funds to purchase bulletproof > vests under the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of > 1998, DuPont KEVLAR launched an Answer Team to help law > enforcement agencies obtain those funds. The Answer Team > developed a cross-referenced list that matches NIJ threat > level numbers with body armor names and numbers. In addition, > the Answer Teams will help departments pick vests by using > accurate design specifications and threat data. The Answer > Team-which works in collaboration with the Department of > Justice and the Bureau of Justice Assistance--should help > reduce the cost of purchasing body armor by 50 percent. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > "Why and How Sheriffs Must Lead Corrections Into the 21st > Century" > Sheriff (07/99-08/99) Vol. 51, No. 4, P. 30; Kiekbusch, > Richard G. > > Citizens' demands for more public safety programs, such as > correctional services, are exceeding the resources of many > states. While the public wants to lock dangerous individuals > up, the number of prisons is exceeding the government's > ability to build and operate them. However, citizens do not > want to pay more taxes to build more prisons or take > additional money away from schools, hospitals, parks, > libraries, and roads to finance them. Correction > officials--including sheriffs--need to tell politicians what > has to be done to improve the increasing prison population. > Sheriffs run almost all of the 3,300 jail facilities in the > United States, which process nearly 25 million prisoner > admissions and releases each year. Because they are also > elected correctional officials, sheriffs are responsible for > meeting the voters' interests, and are in a perfect position > to give politicians advice on correctional institutions. > Sheriffs must follow these four suggestions to lead the prison > system into the 21st century: recognize the > sheriff/correctional officer's responsibility to improve jail > operations, while getting fellow elected officials to pay > attention to jails as well; efficiently operate their jails to > obtain credible correctional leadership by selecting a > competent administrator, learn from a professional > associations' guidance, and treat jail staff like > professionals; help shape community values by announcing > opinions and plans for improvement; and develop relationships > with local colleges and universities to acquire a stable, > well-educated work force. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > "Unattended, Tranquilized Inmate Dies in Jail" > Corrections Technology & Management (07/99-08/99) Vol. 3, No. > 4, P. 10 > > An inmate who died after being tranquilized and strapped face > down to his bunk was unattended, according to the Albany > County Sheriff. Officials from the Sheriff's Department are > investigating whether the corrections officers were negligent > in the death of Gregory Richardson, 42, who had been jailed > June 10 in Albany, County, N.Y., after leading police on a > high-speed chase that ended in New Baltimore. Corrections > policy requires officers to look after inmates who are > strapped down and recommends that officials strap inmates on > their sides for safety reasons. Just prior to his death > Richardson was to be transferred to a psychiatric hospital and > had been given an injection of the drug Haldol after attacking > jail officials. Another injection of the drug had produced no > adverse reaction two days earlier, officials said. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > "E-Gels Allow DNA Results in 35 Minutes" > Law Enforcement Technology (08/99) Vol. 26, No. 8, P. 88; > Morrison, Richard D. > > DNA samples can help law enforcement officials find the > perpetrators of a crime with almost pinpoint accuracy. > Invitrogen Corporation has developed a portable DNA testing > unit using a self-contained, bufferless precast agarose gel > known as E-Gels. The tool can verify a DNA sample within 35 > minutes, reducing the chance that a time delay will > contaminate the sample. E-Gels is much more efficient than > standard DNA fingerprinting done through Southern Blot > analysis. E-Gels consists of a disposable UV-transparent E-Gel > cassette with agarose gel, electrodes, ethidium bromide, and > an ion-exchange matrix; an E-Gel base; and an E-Gel PowerBase. > The starter pack, with 9 E-Gels and the E-Gel base, costs $75. > Law enforcement officers can run E-Gels at any location with a > power source. DNA testing has been used with great effect to > identify unknown remains; find missing children; settle > questions of multiple casualties; and solve baby-swapping > cases. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > "Photo Mugshot System" > Law Enforcement Technology (08/99) Vol. 26, No. 8, P. 98 > > The Boone County, Ky., Sheriff's Department is using digital > imagery to fight crime. Using the PhotoMug Mugshot System from > Photo Digital Systems has made the booking process much more > efficient. PhotoMug includes a digital camera, color printer, > and software. 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