ZDNet: Tech Update: Security / Ex-cop: Police beat by old technology
Technology for law enforcement is elusive, expensive, and for the most part, non-existent. There are many issues. One of the biggest is connectivity. It is not like Hollywood would have you believe. On CSI, the officers know everything that a suspect is doing and can make positive identification with computers in an instant. Bah! Not even close! Remember the railroad killer? He traveled around using the rail lines and murdering as he went. No positive identification was made there, either. He was stopped at least three times by law enforcement after he was a murder suspect--but wasn't detained. Why? There was no way to positively identify the suspect. In fact, he was deported and then had to be extradited back into the United States to stand trial. Oops.
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