Abstract
The role of technology in improving the effectiveness of law enforcement is the focus of this conference. Topics discussed include: the role of information technology; managing the acquisition of technology; computer networks, databases and other coordinated information exchange facilities; computer aided investigations; utilising technology for training, mapping and security purposes; and forensic science applications and identification systems.
Proceedings of a conference held 12-14 November 1991
Contents
- Opening address
Michael Tate - Law enforcement and technology
Robert Hamdorf - Managing the acquisition of technology
Bruce Window - Law Enforcement Access Network
Peter Roberts - Traffic cameras: the Victorian experience
Michael G. Bourne and Ronald C. Cooke - Traffic policing: red light/speed cameras
Wayne Jones and Bruce Leggatt - Mobile satellite communications
Greg Ellis - Drugs - the role of the Australian Bureau of Criminal Intelligence and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Database
Keith Askew - The National Police Research Unit / Techsearch / 3M Audit Bag
Des Berwick - RF radiation - facts and fallacies
Ken Joyner - Investigative skills for the 1990s and beyond
David Thompson - The future of forensic science
James Robertson - Computer Identification System (CIDS): history, synopsis and future directions
David Chadwick - Microphotometry and microspectrophotometry
Dermot Allen - Physical damage to textiles
Nigel Johnson - Mapping: tying data to the real world
David Lewis - Computerised facial construction and reconstruction
Adrian Paterson - Video recording of evidence: the 'I CARE' project
John Heslop - Putting South Australia on the map
Leanne Weber - Non-lethal incapacitation
Robert Hamdorf - An introduction to firearms simulation technology
Eric Danielsen - Command and Control: the computer aided dispatch system
Senior Sergeant Neil Preston and Ralph Saunders - The use of CIE colour coordinates in forensic science
Elizabeth Kostantakis and Professor Michael Pailthorpe - Automated fingerprint system
Don Toews - Information technology: where is it in the coordination of emergency services?
Peter S. Anderson - Fleet management
William Horman - A national police car?
Warren Hill - Security of public places: an overview
Graham Bourman - Technology and the private security industry
John Hemsley - The use of information technology standards to secure telecommunication networks
John Snare - Closing address
Des Berwick