Pillar 3: TECHNOLOGY & SOCIAL MEDIA Flashcards
The use of technology can improve policing practices and build community trust and legitimacy, but its implementation must be built on a defined policy framework with its purposes and goals clearly delineated.
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The U.S. Department of Justice, in consultation with the law enforcement field, should broaden the efforts of the National Institute of Justice to establish national standards for the research and development of new technology. These standards should also address compatibility and interoperability needs both within law enforcement agencies and across agencies and jurisdictions and maintain civil and human rights protections.
The lack of consistent standards leads to a constantly spiraling increase in technology costs. Law enforcement often has to invest in new layers of technology to enable their systems to operate with different systems and sometimes must also make expensive modifications or additions to legacy systems to support interoperability with newer technology. Also, consider training cost.
The implementation of appropriate technology by law enforcement agencies should be designed considering local needs and aligned with national standards.
Law enforcement agencies should encourage public engagement and collaboration, including the use of community advisory bodies, when developing a policy for the use of a new technology.
The U.S. Department of Justice should develop best practices that can be adopted by state legislative bodies to govern the acquisition, use, retention, and dissemination of auditory, visual, and biometric data by law enforcement.
These model policies and practices should at minimum address technology usage and data and evidence acquisition and retention, as well as privacy issues, accountability and discipline.
Federal, state, local, and tribal legislative bodies should be encouraged to update public record laws.
Public record laws, which allow public access to information held by government agencies, including law enforcement, should be modified to protect the privacy of the individuals whose records they hold and to maintain the trust of the community. (BWC)
Law enforcement agencies should adopt model policies and best practices for technology-based community engagement that increases community trust and access.
They should also address issues surrounding the use of new and social media, encouraging the use of social media as a means of community interaction and relationship building, which can result in stronger law enforcement.
The Federal Government should support the development of new “less than lethal” technology to help control combative suspects.
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The Federal Government should make the development and building of segregated radio spectrum and increased bandwidth by FirstNet for exclusive use by local, state, tribal, and federal public safety agencies a top priority.
A national public safety broadband network which creates bandwidth for the exclusive use of law enforcement, the First Responder Network (FirstNet) is considered a game-changing public safety project, which would allow instantaneous communication in even the most remote areas whenever a disaster or incident occurs. It can also support many other technologies, including video transmission from BWCs.
