In May, Law Enforcement Technology published an article, “Mapping Human Behavior,” which used a high-profile California homicide case to show the pivotal role which cell phone evidence played. Wireless expert Jim Cook, quoted in the article, will be presenting at the HTCIA International Training Conference & Expo in September. To promote his lecture via their…
Category Archives: Legal Issues
Creating partners in public safety
A couple of articles caught my eye last week. First, there was Good Old Bill’s wistful story of a spontaneous decision to engage in some community policing: People see that little of us these days, other than in a quick fleeting visit or by passing them whilst preoccupied whilst on foot – or more likely…
Tech for good… and harm
Former Cops 2.0 partner Scott White, who retired from law enforcement last year, has a couple of interesting blog posts up at his blog, Scott’s Morning Brew. They’re about “de-policing,” or a phenomenon in which police are rendered — or rather, render themselves — virtually powerless by their fear of being sued or disciplined or,…
In a crisis, communicate short-term for long-term goodwill
An iPhone prototype lost, found, and then sold. A police raid on the home of the blogger who broke the story. In a public relations crisis that is largely eclipsed by the much bigger issues of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and Wall Street fraud, the Silicon Valley-based Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team (REACT)…
Collecting evidence from the Internet
Last time I blogged about iCyte, a bookmarking tool that archives websites rather than simply linking to them. This preserves pages for later reference, rather than a person having to deal with broken links. The implications for online investigation are clear. If you can archive a website, preserving it with incriminating (or exculpatory) evidence the…
The cost of transparency
Those of us who applaud organizational use of social media talk a lot about “transparency.” A company or government agency that allows its employees to blog or tweet, under their own names, about their lives and jobs is said to make us trust them more. It’s humans caring about what other humans experience. What could…