Emerging+and+Future+Technologies

New technologies also bring new questions about policy. As was stated in the beginning most of police work is about gathering information. Therefore, it is not surprising that most of the technology being introduced into law enforcement enables the collection, organization and analysis of information. Moreover, since the police and technology are focused on information, the primary community concerns usually center on issues of privacy and the Fourth Amendment. Technology is making police work complex. Certainly, in some instances it is making police work efficient, but technology adds to the information a police officer must know. A police officer must still know how to communicate with a wide variety of people often under stressful circumstance; a police officer still must exercise basic tactical skills like standing with their gun leg back; a police officer must still know how to user their traditional tools like the radio, vehicle, baton and firearm. Added on top of the basics are new technology; a computer in the car, AVL and 2000 federal databases.
 * Emerging and Future Technologies**