In recent years, the technology used in law enforcement has increased massively. While technology is progressing the approaches that law enforcement officers practice to avert corruption and apprehend lawbreakers are always changing. This has both good and bad side effects when it comes to technology within law enforcement. Nevertheless, some departments do not have the budget to keep up with the ever changing technology (Find Law, 2005). Money can constrain what is happening within certain department.
All of the technological developments where donated of given to all the law enforcement departs throughout the United States, this could be a major boost for reducing crime nationwide (Find Law, 2005). Technology is making stuff that investigative department once thought impossible decade ago possible. Almost every departments will now have computers and other software devices that can transmit information fast to one department to another and even help get the general public involved and help with crime solving. Some of these improvements can benefit the criminal as well. These advancement are allowing the criminal to change their tactics and change the way they are doing things. This is a challenge to law enforcement to keep up with, because they are
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Nowadays it is becoming harder and harder to commit the perfect crime. Forensic has become very important with supporting in getting a conviction than ever before. It used to be harder to find matching fibers and DNA on a crime scene (Cohen, 2007). The improvements of technology law enforcement has been able to create procedures and tools that assist with making a lot more happen nowadays. When the system was first create it had it glitches. The results were coming back not a 100 accurate and individuals were being found guilty when they did not commit the crime. Over the years a lot of improvement has been made and the system has no corrected