Recent inventions and innovations that have been the greatest help to modern policing

The police reflect the community in which they operate and like all of us they have been impacted by technology. The basic technologies the police have acquired through the years consist of transportation, communications, forensics and computers, which have been maintained and improved. The application of technological innovations and inventions to criminal justice is nothing new. Since the introduction of modern policing and corrections in the 19th century progress has been measured in terms of …

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