01:202:205 Study Guide - Computer-Aided Dispatch, Police Foundation, Police Executive Research Forum
30 Oct 2014
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Harvard executive sessions on policing: strategic policing, community policing, problem solving policing. Represents advanced stage of traditional policing using innovative enforcement techniques. Emphasis on crimes not generally controlled by traditional policing. Crime is simply being diverted to another area. Citizens feel safer but crime is not reduced. The police subculture is so committed to the traditional way of policing that efforts to change it can demoralize an entire department and make it ineffective. Computer aided dispatch (cad) automatically prioritizes calls, provides past crimes/request from that number, and verifies callers address, phone number, etc. Enhanced 911 all vital information is flashed on the dispatchers" screen. Cell phone technology ability to trace and/or track the location of cell phone initiated calls. Mobile data terminal (mdt) in car terminals enabling an officer to get and respond to limited information from the car (1st phase) The csi effect is a modern day phenomenon causes jurors to have unrealistic expectations.
