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Unit 1: government policies.
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Assignment 3- Government PoliciesEliska Molcikova
Government policy- Increase in Technology.
What is “increase in technology” in the public service?
In the public service “increase in technology” is different services using more advanced technology
to solve crimes and wars like using CCTV cameras to identify people, police having smart phones,
camera and drones. One example of increase in technology is “Digital Policing”: the public wants to
have a better connection with police online for easier interact with police. The Policing Vision 2025
outlines how digital policing will make it easier for public and police to communicate with each
other. It will also improve digital investigation and intelligence.
The police try to approach people online by websites – this means you can report non-emergency
incidents, where you can also have a “live chat” with the police about any reports. (this links to the
police having smart phones to react immediately to reports). This is all available on the Wet
Midlands Police website. Moreover, one way that the police use today’s technology to fight crimes is
“twitter”. The Law enforcement uses twitter to communicate with the public – some sergeant use
twitter to talk to the local media about ongoing situations and inform the public about any issues. In
Toronto Sergeant Tim Burrows in the Toronto police service uses twitter about traffic safety
information.
Furthermore, some online activities involve publishing a register of crimes and arrests in a specific
area online through local newspaper websites. This help reporters to get facts directly from a stream
of real time-data and blog posts coming from the department. The modern-day Law enforcement
agencies are posting descriptions of criminals on social media. In 2013 the international Association
of Chiefs of Police found that 96 % of police department use social media, 80% says it helped them
solve crimes and 73% of agencies said it helped them improve police community relationships. (For
police departments’ social media is a valuable resource.
CCTV cameras are another technology used by the police (the number of CCTV Cameras in the UK is
1.85 million up to 5.9 million estimated in 2013 and in London there is now 627,707 CCTV cameras
recorded in 2019). CCTV cameras help police solve crimes like robbery and other crimes and used
for identifying people (criminals). They help to prevent crimes and help police to get more
information about a specific crime for explain a CCTV camera is being to give police the accurate
details of a person for example what might the person be wearing or even at what time exactly the
crime happened.
There is other technology like drones (drones were invented 10 years ago); the West Midlands Police
uses drones as a tactic to target criminals and help them keep the public safe. The drones are a
“mobile eye” in the sky for officers, they help them to scan large areas in a very short time. The West
Midlands Police also use drones to search for criminals in large, hard to reach areas, like parkland,
canal and tow paths- The West Midlands own 10 drones.
, Body cameras’ is another technology used by the police across the whole UK- West Yorkshire police
own 2,300 body cameras, (the whole of UK police owns 63,000 cameras). The first body camera was
used in 2006 in Britain by Devon and Cornwall police. Its been said that body cameras are being
replaced by tasers- Assistant Chief Constable Andy Battle from the West Yorkshire police have stated
it “people modify their behaviour” when they see police wearing body cameras. (In 2017 there were
27% less taser incident). Body cameras also decrease violent behaviour this means officers are less
likely to use any type of force to resolve the situation (safely).
How does increase in technology affect the Public Service?
The increase in smart technology is affecting the police in a positive way as for the police it gives
them extra set of eyes and build stronger ties with the public.
Positive- It’s a way of making their jobs safer and more effective, this is a positive because it’s not
only making it safer for police officers, but for the public as well. The latest technology/innovation
like non-lethal weapons such as; tasers, stun guns and pepper spray are being used instead of guns
to hinder criminals and arrest them. The increase in smart technology makes it more effective as the
three-dimensional imagining scans crime scenes more effectively and faster than sketches and
photos.
However, increase in smart technology has its negatives too- Many groups of people believe that
technology “lacks on rules and regulations”. Some officers are also having problems with logging in
and out of the cameras. This means that smart technology requires more skilful people that with
good knowledge with updating the systems (updating systems is a negative too as it takes time and a
lot of money to constantly update systems). This may impact the officers in a negative as they might
need to stop in the middle of crime scene to update the camera or fix any faults so that they can
record evidence.
But on the other hand, another positive of technology increasing in the policing service is that in
2017 in Las Vegas a facial recognition helped the police to catch a criminal – Robert Fredrick Nelson
was on run for 25 years after escaping from the federal prison. After Nelson left the Medical centre
prison he moved to Nevada where he changed his identity to Craig Paulter- he began a violent
history including multiple robberies with deadly weapon, possession of stolen property and
burglaries. After getting a Nevada commercial drivers’ licence under the name of Craig Paulter thing
got very wrong for him and in June Nelson went to renew his ID however the technician realized
something was wrong and the Facial recognition recognized potential identity fraud and caught
Nelson. In June 20, Nelson was arrested at DWV office in Las Vegas. – A report by Madison Park on
Robert Frederick Nelson.
Overall, the increase in technology in the law enforcement has created a lot of benefits that are
helping many departments to solve crimes, identify fraud or theft or even catch criminals that may
have been on the run for many years. Even though there are some negatives the positives outweigh
them as technology is making the workplace for police officers much safer and easier to work in.
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