Uncle Bob
Technology seems to develop at the speed of time. There is always something new and exciting on the horizon that someone is talking about. The last place that you would think you would have a negative experience with technology is on vacation; trying to enjoy the sun atmosphere of a place other than home. This is exactly what happened to my Uncle Bob; he was stopped for speeding in Florida. He answered the Law Enforcement Officers’ questions calmly and was then placed into the back of his cruiser.
The process by which the Officer obtained the information is very routine; personal, one-on-one conversation. Many people do not realize it but when they are talking to an officer of the law, that person is constantly being evaluated; verbal and non-verbal. The officer is always taking in information no matter now simple is may seem. While Uncle Bob was being questioned he provided the following: his name, birth date, height, and weight, and resident state. As this is the basic form of information gathering the officer then would have entered the information gathered into their regional type database.
Once the officer relayed the specific data to the regional office or agency the bigger wheels started to turn. This would have been completed either via radio and the distant end using a searchable database to input Uncle Bob’s information or the officer might have had the means to affect this himself. Newer police cruisers have computers connected to the main regional office so the officer in the field can provide quicker customer service to the community.
Once the regional office has received the data request on a suspect their local systems would begin to communicate to larger agencies such as the FBI or DEA. These agencies have databases that have far greater capacity then local law enforcement have. The FBI’s NCIC, for example, is an Interstate Identification Index, “which contains automated criminal history record information and is accessible through the same
The process by which the Officer obtained the information is very routine; personal, one-on-one conversation. Many people do not realize it but when they are talking to an officer of the law, that person is constantly being evaluated; verbal and non-verbal. The officer is always taking in information no matter now simple is may seem. While Uncle Bob was being questioned he provided the following: his name, birth date, height, and weight, and resident state. As this is the basic form of information gathering the officer then would have entered the information gathered into their regional type database.
Once the officer relayed the specific data to the regional office or agency the bigger wheels started to turn. This would have been completed either via radio and the distant end using a searchable database to input Uncle Bob’s information or the officer might have had the means to affect this himself. Newer police cruisers have computers connected to the main regional office so the officer in the field can provide quicker customer service to the community.
Once the regional office has received the data request on a suspect their local systems would begin to communicate to larger agencies such as the FBI or DEA. These agencies have databases that have far greater capacity then local law enforcement have. The FBI’s NCIC, for example, is an Interstate Identification Index, “which contains automated criminal history record information and is accessible through the same
References: Foster, R. (2005) Police Technology National Crime Information Center. Retrieved January 10, 2011, from http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ncic/ncic