Fostering Innovation in U.S. Law Enforcement: Identifying High-Priority Technology and Other Needs for Improving Law Enforcement Operations and Outcomes

Hollywood, John S.; Woods, Dulani; Goodison, Sean E.; Lauland, Andrew; Wagner, Lisa S.; Wilson, Thomas J.

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“…Table 1 shows the subjects of the technology demand survey of overseas police and law enforcement agencies. High priority information technology for law enforcement [11] is a study that prioritizes the prospects and demand for IT technology of law enforcement agencies. To this end, a survey and workshop were conducted for managers of LEAP, TWGs, and 25 law enforcement agencies.…”

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Demand Survey Method for Commercialization of Police Science Technology and Equipment

2023

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This study is a demand research for the selection of public safety science and technology equipment and suggests an empirical research method. The technology demand survey is the beginning of the selection of innovative technology. And it is the basis of collecting information required for the technology required in the market and helping to apply it to the field. The demand survey for police science and technology can reduce the uncertainty of crime prevention and help the smooth implementation of security policies. However, in Korea, adoption of security science and technology equipment was centered on social issues or researchers' opinions rather than the demands of field users. Until, there was no research has been conducted on the demands of field police officers for selection of security science and technology equipment in Korea. Also, there was no preferential study for the demand for security science and technology equipment. Therefore, this study proposes a methodology that can systematically identify the needs for the technology and equipment of field experts suitable for the public security situation for the selection of security science and technology equipment. Specifically, we propose a sample design for a technology classification system and a survey tool for technology awareness and satisfaction. It is expected that this tool will provide a classification system for security science and technology equipment selected for the Korean police and will help determine the priority of equipment suitable for the field.

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“…The review has also examined potential organizational, cultural, and resource related factors that may affect the adoption of technology innovations by police departments. These can also be viewed as demand side factors, or the internal and external conditions that are highly influential in determining whether or not a police department adopts innovations (Hollywood et al 2015). However, there are also supply side factors at work, which in this case are the types of technologies that are available for police departments to adopt.…”

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“…Law enforcement is a highly localized affair, with agencies that differ from each other greatly in key characteristics such as agency size, structure, culture, strategies implemented, and even the types of policies, equipment and technologies that are available to them (Maguire 2003). Although all police agencies in the US aim to prevent crime and disorder (Greene 2000;Dabney 2010), there is no standardized model that tells the police how to go about doing this, which has resulted in practitioners calling for a repository of "best practices" in policing (Hollywood et al 2015). Decentralization makes it difficult to spread knowledge of useful technologies and strategies and because context is so important in policing, often what works for one department will not always work for another.…”

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Technology innovations in policing: a framework

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Police agencies in the United States increasingly face a number of challenges that they must contend with. Since the beginning of the 21 st century American law enforcement has been tasked with reducing crime, responding to terrorist threats, improving their relationships with the communities they serve, which in many areas has been severely damaged. In addition to these demands, law enforcement agencies also struggle with organizational constraints. These include a lack of funding, difficulty in hiring new officers, and an inability to properly train officers to perform their jobs effectively. Technological innovations, when implemented successfully, have the potential to help provide solutions for many of the issues in modern American policing. Despite this, there has been little research conducted that seeks to explain the factors that influence whether or not police agencies implement technological innovations, as well as which kinds of innovations. This dissertation proposes a framework for understanding technological innovations in policing based on a number of organizational factors. This dissertation includes three separate studies: the first provides a review of the history of technological innovations in policing and outlines the framework I have developed; the second tests the framework, as well as other models derived from factor analyses, by using regression analyses to predict measures of police organization, structure, context, and culture on police technology adoption; and the third study analyzes technology adoption among American police departments over a span of thirty years, tracing the adoption rate of various technologies used in law enforcement over time.Overall, results from the dissertation suggest the framework is useful understanding differences in the adoption rates of innovations among law enforcement agencies in the United States. years. Glenn, I am so thankful for everything you have done for me: whether it be your ideas, wisdom, your patience, your belief in me, and more, I can truly say that I never would have made it through grad school if I had anyone else as my advisor. Special thanks to the other two members on my committee, Jake and Rob. Jake, I loved taking your classes and think I took more with you than any other professor in grad school. I learned so much from you, especially about methods and stats, and hope to be as good of a teacher as you one day. I will always remember our talks about Philly and San Diego sports (Go Chargers). Rob, you are the reason I even started a PhD program in the first place. You were the one who inspired me to become a criminologist way back in my undergrad days and it has been so cool to come full circle with you helping me out on my dissertation. I can never express how thankful I am for all of the amazing opportunities you have given me and look forward to our continued work together in the years to come. Shout out to everyone else who really made my time at Northeastern special. Greg, Natasha, and Amy, I appreciate your availability to tal...

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Fostering Innovation in U.S. Law Enforcement: Identifying High-Priority Technology and Other Needs for Improving Law Enforcement Operations and Outcomes

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Demand Survey Method for Commercialization of Police Science Technology and Equipment

Demand Survey Method for Commercialization of Police Science Technology and Equipment

Technology innovations in policing: a framework

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