Starting the process was a 2 year proposition. 2 YEARS! In 2004, I registered our agency’s domain name. It was recommended I go through a particular company who used Network Solutions. I didn’t have a problem with that but I knew they were more expensive than most registrars. But ok. It made life simple for…
Category Archives: 2.0 Technology
Web 2.0 and Community Policing
One of the “buzz words” for police agencies, before 09-11-01, was Community Policing. For years, using those words in just about any grant request was almost guaranteed to get some state or federal money flowing into the police department. More recently, Community Policing has taken second seat to Homeland Security however. What exactly is this…
What is Web 2.0?
This can be a tough one. Ask 10 different internet professionals that question and you are likely to get 10 different answers. Or at least, 10 variations on the basic theme. Web 2.0 is really nothing. It’s not a “version” of the internet. It’s not a singular piece of software. It’s almost more of an…
Webcams: the new Crime Watch
In an editorial for the Savannah Morning News, Police Chief Michael Berkow wrote: We have a community problem here in Savannah. It’s called Armed Robbery…. Your police department cannot solve this problem alone; we need to attack this as a community…. But we need everyone’s help: from parents talking to their kids; to the schools;…
Should your agency tweet?
At first glance, Twitter may seem completely pointless, even frivolous. People join to post 140-character “microblogs” for the benefit of those who “follow” them. To demonstrate Twitter’s apparent pointlessness, its detractors have made much of “tweets” such as: “Going to brush my teeth now,” or “What should I have for breakfast?” Nevertheless, there are law enforcement…