CJ 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: National Crime Information Center, Electronic Toll Collection, Intelligent Transportation System
Law Enforcement Goes High Tech‐
At the beginning of the 21st century, modern technology is revolutionizing crime‐fighting. Some
devices make police officers more productive and improve their safety.
Advanced microphones
The FBI's research lab is producing microminiature electronic surveillance equipment
customized for each investigation. The FBI has developed, for example, a solid state, ‐
briefcase size, electronically steerable microphone that can monitor conversations ‐
across open areas.
Closed circuit television cameras (CCTC)
The FBI has miniature CCTC units its agents can put in a lamp, clock radio, briefcase,
duffel bag, purse, picture frame, coin telephone, book, and other objects and then
control remotely to pan, tilt, zoom, and focus.
Forward-looking infrared (FLIR)
Law enforcement agents can point heat detectors at neighborhoods to detect higher
temperatures in houses where artificial lights are used to grow marijuana.
Intelligent transportation systems (ITS)
Traffic management technologies, including crash avoidance systems, automated toll ‐
collection, and satellite based position location, can be used to track the movement of ‐
all people using private or public transportation and the movement of people using
cellular phones. In 1993, fugitive Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar was pinpointed
through his cellular phone.
Databases
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Document Summary
At the beginning of the 21st century, modern technology is revolutionizing crime fighting. Some devices make police officers more productive and improve their safety. The fbi"s research lab is producing microminiature electronic surveillance equipment customized for each investigation. The fbi has developed, for example, a solid state, briefcase size, electronically steerable microphone that can monitor conversations across open areas. The fbi has miniature cctc units its agents can put in a lamp, clock radio, briefcase, duffel bag, purse, picture frame, coin telephone, book, and other objects and then control remotely to pan, tilt, zoom, and focus. Law enforcement agents can point heat detectors at neighborhoods to detect higher temperatures in houses where artificial lights are used to grow marijuana. Traffic management technologies, including crash avoidance systems, automated toll collection, and satellite based position location, can be used to track the movement of all people using private or public transportation and the movement of people using cellular phones.
