There's a 'puter in my car
It's 12:25am on a Friday night. It's very quiet and Officer Peterson (my younger brother) and I are sitting quietly in the cruiser at the Speedway after getting a cup of coffee. Peterson reaches over and flips the switch on the laptop that sits between the driver and passenger seats and the familiar sound of Windows resonates through the patrol car. The computers desktop opens and there are two icons that don't look familiar, one is for the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and the other is for the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS). Officer Peterson clicks on the NCIC icon which brings up a direct connection to the NCIC page at the FBI's website. He grins and starts chuckling as he types my name into the system, the machine pauses and then the page goes blank, the light in the patrol car dims for a second before the page is refreshed. I look at my brother and as the light returns, he points at the screen and there it is... all my information. From my address, phone number, age, place of birth, to my social security number, drivers' license number and driving record. I didn't even have time to respond when a call came over the radio, the voice of a female calls out something about a domesti
These WANs are using the latest technology to secure the network from outsiders according to Sergeant Edward Scott, a sergeant in the Police Department. Most people who do these sorts of things (road rage) just take the ticket and don't question the officer because they are too embarrassed for acting the way they did" (anonymous officer). The systems use wireless (RF) communication which is the same technology used in mobile phones. These systems have also created some problems on the job. Although that information has been available to officers for several years, now they can get it in their patrol cars within five seconds" (Skornogoski). The individual detained by the Police was released without incident. While at the police station, on the day of my ride-a-long, I discussed an instance with an officer, who wanted to remain nameless. Retrieved June 17, 2004, Common topics in this essay:
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