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March 2022

Cybersecurity & Cybercrime

 

GUEST EDITORS Jim Emerson and Ryan Daugirda

Police professionals gain access to more and more technologies each year that promise to enhance public safety and better serve communities. For chief executives, a common question continues to emerge. How can we use technology responsibly, so we do not lose capability or the public’s trust and confidence? This issue of Police Chief focuses on the laws, policies, and practical questions that agencies should consider as part of their technology, cybersecurity, and cybercrime initiatives.

Articles

  • Technology, Transparency, and Community Assurance in Contemporary Policing

    By Rick Scott, Chief, San Luis Obispo Police Department, California, and Jim Emerson, Vice President, National White Collar Crime Center, Chair, IACP Computer Crime and Digital Evidence Committee
    When considering technology in most law enforcement agencies today, it is easy to either think about traditional information technology systems, investigative and intelligence support technology, or t...

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  • Modern Fleet

    By Joseph Daniel Remy, Esq., Assistant Prosecutor, Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office, Mount Holly, New Jersey
    The modern car has 30 to 50 computers with 60 to 100 electronic sensors on it, storing and sharing data on braking, speed, direction, doors opening and closing, and smartphone information (contacts, p...

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  • Cyber Classification Compendium

    By Stacey A. Wright, Vice President, Cyber Resiliency Services at Cybercrime Support Network (CSN)
    Cybercrime is one of those fascinating fields where everyone has a different definition. For a while, experts in the field had a general “I’ll know it if I see it” approach because the laws vari...

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  • How to Be Intentional about Investing in Cybercrime Capacity

    By Richard Littlehale, Assistant Director, Technology and Innovation Division, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
    Cybercrime is top-of-mind across all levels of government and society right now. Society’s increasing dependence on connected systems has left everyone vulnerable and concerned. That reality, and th...

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  • Artificial Intelligence Will Change Policing

    By Craig Allen, Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.), Illinois State Police, Chair, IACP Communications and Technology Committee, and George Perera, Major, Miami-Dade Police Department, Florida, Chair, Law Enforcement Information and Technology (LEIT)
    IACP established “Building Community Trust” as a key priority going forward. Building community trust in regard to technology means recognizing that technology creates a possibility and probabilit...

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