NCJ Number
174153
Journal
Law Enforcement Technology Volume: 25 Issue: 4 Dated: April 1998 Pages: 36-40
Date Published
1998
Length
5 pages
Annotation
This article describes ways in which law enforcement agencies may receive and disseminate law-enforcement-related information via the Internet and integrated computer systems.
Abstract
The author first profiles a book by Timothy Dees, "Online Services for Law Enforcement," which informs readers of law- enforcement-related resources on the Internet, offers advice to novices on how to gain access to them, and furnishes a directory. The author then proceeds to explain in lay terms how information is displayed and accessed via the Internet. Annotated web site addresses for law enforcement are provided to guide Internet searches for various types of law enforcement information. Attention is also given to the use of the Internet by racist and hate groups whose activities are of interest to police. Web sites with information on such groups are provided. The article then turns to the benefits of a law enforcement agency having its own web site on the Internet and what information and services might be supplied through such a web site. The addresses of some model police-agency web sites are listed. The author also notes that the Internet offers unlimited opportunities for an agency to create its own networks with other units in the agency and with neighboring agencies, without compromising security.