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May/June 2016 • SECURITY TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVE 43 www.SecurityInfoWatch.com data with just the click of a mouse are something law enforcement is already doing in many agencies. Police forces regularly use the Inter- net to collect valuable evidence, while leveraging Facebook, Linke- dIn, YouTube, Twitter and other social media to access a wealth of pertinent information. W hat is needed is a Facebook for law enforcement, one that can access all the information avail- able on a suspect. Not just the 'who, where and when', but full transcripts of every interrogation, even those from unrelated inter- views where a suspect happened to be mentioned. Law enforcement need to be able to locate recorded video of their suspects from sur veillance cam- eras in police stations, cars and body cams; public transport; court- rooms; grocery stores and gas sta- tions; basically any video collected by their officers force, the judicial s y stem, commerc i al esta bl i sh - ments, or posted on social media by the public at large. They would need to have access to all law enforcement agenc y 'Facebook' sites of ever y police force in the country with just one click, and the ability to build an iron-clad case in a fraction of the time currently required. The judicial system would also benefit from the same resources with similar efficiency and com- parable savings. T he time and resources spent by prosecutors and defense lawyers in researching and prosecuting each case would be drastically reduced, and the process streamlined. In the face of solid and comprehensive evidence, guilty pleas would increase when a convic- tion is all but assured. And finally, the reduction in the day-to-day administrative overhead and workload currently faced by police officers would put them back out in the public and on the roads. Benefiting from Big Data B ene fiting from ' big d ata' is a function of access. More than 60 percent of crimes go unsolved or end with no convic- tion due to a lack of information on the offenders, their criminal past, or incriminating proof simply because sourcing all that information takes too much time and resources. It's not unusual for video evidence to be erased – proof on offenses and crimes that could help secure con- victions – just because managing all that data is too difficult, time-inten- sive and expensive. The solution is a cost-effective infrastructure that provides access to all the necessar y information required for successful prosecution and conviction with savings not only for law enforcement agencies but for the judicial system as well. To get there, all parties involved have to be collaborative and con- nected; from the FBI, state and local police forces to correctional centers, crown prosecutors and defense law- yers; from U.S. Customs and Immi- grations to public transport and other public spaces. At first, glance, achieving this level of connectiv- ity would appear to be overwhelm- ing, if not impossible, but not if the infrastructure is built modularly, piece-by-piece. Most law enforcement agencies already have a considerable amount of video content, but usually in dif- ferent formats and on different media. Interrogations might be on a DVD in a drawer; dash and body cam downloads are stored in their application software; video record- ed by investigators are somewhere on laptops or USB drives; public- sourced video is on any computer with Internet access; surveillance video is kept in the alcotest room; and not to mention all those old VHS tapes piling-up in cupboards. But the problem doesn't end there. Chances are there is little to no information on the content of each recording, assuming you can find it. It's like trying to complete a jigsaw puzzle with most of the piec- es and the picture missing. The solution starts by first cen- tralizing all that video. Once every- thing is stored in one place, a single application can search, locate and Maximum Security System 866-927-8544 www.detex.com/XTough2 Extra tough security hardware. For applications that call for the hardware, Detex offers a choice deterrents. pr • 230X MAX Multi-Point Panic Hardware is engineered with extr , triple-bolt design that withstands 16,000 pounds of pull force. Single- and double-bolt and weatherized models available. • V50 and 20 Series Surface Vertical Rod Exit Devices for double doors offer protection. • Door Prop Alarms are designed to sound a warning when doors are propped open. ed or wired. www.SecurityInfoWatch.com/10213445