{"title": "Needs and Prospects for Crime-Fighting Technology", "covers": [1577398], "first_sentence": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "The local law enforcement community does not have the resources or ability to develop, test, and integrate the new technological tools that its agencies need."}, "first_publish_date": "January 25, 2000", "key": "/works/OL2438871W", "authors": [{"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL337210A"}}], "excerpts": [{"excerpt": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "The local law enforcement community does not have the resources or ability to develop, test, and integrate the new technological tools that its agencies need."}, "page": "First sentence"}], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "subjects": ["Federal aid to law enforcement agencies", "Technological innovations", "Law enforcement", "Crime prevention", "Technology and state"], "description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Most policing in the United States is done by law enforcement agencies at the local level. Although most Americans prefer that policing be controlled locally, there is considerable support for federal help in funding police. One area in which federal funding has been seen as useful is in the development, testing, and implementation of improved technology. An initiative proposed by the Clinton administration would increase funding of state and local law enforcement, with emphasis on technology assistance, technology deployment, crime lab improvements, and training. This report provides information on the current status in each of these, gives examples of what has been accomplished, and suggests prospects for improvements."}, "latest_revision": 5, "revision": 5, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-12-09T23:40:48.036433"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2026-04-30T23:56:02.468143"}}