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Top Reverse Address (exe)

Fill out the address to seek information on the person you are investigating. Our people record databases are the same ones used by private investigators, law enforcement, and government agencies. Only current, accurate and instant results. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Law Enforcement, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2008-05-12

Photos: High-tech crime fighting

The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department is looking to identify and help develop technologies that may have some use for law enforcement agencies. by CNET News.com

Tags: news, gadgets, law enforcement, TechRepublic Inc., Photograph, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2007-10-30

Uncle Sam wants [i]your[/i] DNA.

Not satisfied with the collection of DNA samples from those convicted of a crime, now the Fed will be taking such from those merely arrested or detained! Why stop there? Why not, for example require that all health care providers do the same, and turn the samples over...

Tags: deepsand, DNA, law enforcement, politics, civil rights, off-topic, illegal immigrant, immigrant

Discussion threads 2007-02-11

Why new European data retention laws won't keep us safe

Last month, the European Parliament passed far-reaching legislation concerning data retention, which will require telecommunications companies to store vast amounts of data about customer activities. While proponents of these directives argue that it will help law enforcement find and capture terrorists and other criminals more easily, Jonathan Yarden isn't convinced....

Tags: Jonathan Yarden, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, telecommunications, Internet Security Focus Newsletter, Law Enforcement, Directive, Data Retention, Internet, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Business Services, Networking

Technical articles 2006-01-06

I'm OK With This

As the nature of technology changes, legal wiretapping technology has to change. ISPs will either have to support the change by changing their networks, or let the government do this to their networks. If you are an ISP, do you want the government messing around in your network hardware? I...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), GOVERNMENT, Vertical industries, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Net-wiretapping, network

Discussion threads 2005-12-20

IT in Law Enforcement

I am looking for some direction. I have been a police officer for 12 years now and always had an interest in computers and technology. Last year I had the opportunity to work on the implementation of a new software package that consisted of a CAD (Computer Aided...

Tags: b_gorsky@..., CAD, career, certification, computer, computer crime, information technology, law enforcement, Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services, police, wireless

Discussion threads 2005-04-14

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Security, Wiretapping, and the Internet

Wiretaps have been used since the invention of the telegraph and have been a legal element of the US law enforcement arsenal for more than a quarter century. In keeping with law enforcement's efforts to keep laws current with changing technologies, in 1994 the US Congress passed the Communications Assistance...

Tags: Security, Internet, IEEE, CALEA, Federal Government, Government

White papers 2005-11-01

Degree in Computer Technology Law?

I was wondering if someone could help me with an advanced degree question/topic. I currently have a 4-year bachelors computer systems related degree.I am interested in changing gears and heading into law enforcement as it would be related to the computer field, and legal aspects that would be a...

Tags: computer

Discussion threads 2004-10-13

Coplink Center: Social Network Analysis and Identity Deception Detection for Law Enforcement and Homeland Security

The security of borders is a critical component of the national strategy for homeland security. The goal of the COPLINK project is to develop information and knowledge management systems technologies and methodology appropriate for capturing, accessing, analyzing, visualizing, and sharing law enforcement related information. COPLINK has bridged gaps between law...

Tags: Social Networking, Association For Computing Machinery, COPLINK, Homeland Security, Knowledge Management, Strategy, Government, Enterprise Software, Software, Management

White papers 2005-04-14

Wireless LAN Security Case Study: Law Enforcement Officers Go Wireless

The City of Renton, Washington noticed that its law enforcement officers were spending a significant amount of time filing reports, which required them to return to headquarters from their patrol locations. Moreover, the City wanted to provide its law enforcement officers with real-time access to police records, including mug shots...

Tags: Cranite Systems, WLAN, Law Enforcement Officer, LANs, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Network Technology, Networking

Case studies

CALPHOTO Portal Allows Investigators to Query Photo Archives Throughout the State

The California Department of Justice DOJ maintains the state's central repository for law enforcement records and identification information. The department's Division of Criminal Justice Information Services DCJIS a variety of IT systems that support law enforcement. Before the CALPHOTO system, the photo databases of local law enforcement and other agencies...

Tags: Department, Photograph, CALPHOTO Portal

Case studies

Friday Yuk: New Law Enforcement Equipment

Check out this picture of the latest Law Enforcement Vehicle Installs.What ever it is.........its stealth capabilities are top notch!!!;-) hehehe'Covert' - is it ?Must be top quality 'Covert' technology!Hmmm -- I must be viewing with the wrong glasseswhich glasses do we need to see it? Or is it...

Tags: lindamarie@...

Discussion threads 2007-10-12

To whom would you most likely report a serious computer intrusion?

A new TechRepublic poll asks, "To whom would you most likely report a serious computer intrusion?Law enforcementLegal councilExecutive managementAppropriate regulatory agencyAll of the aboveWouldn't report"The2004 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey reports that 48 percentof responds did not report computer intrusions and only 20 percentreported intrusions to law enforcement.Would you...

Tags: computer, computer intrusion, intrusion

Blog posts 2005-12-01

Case Study - AeroGuard MIMO All Wireless Solutions Benefit Law Enforcement

The need to rapidly archive large data files is becoming a critical communications requirement in law enforcement. The current data transfer rate using conventional WLAN technology is approximately 22Mbps maximum for the link between in-vehicle computers and department servers. AeroGuard MIMO technology needed to improve significantly on this performance to...

Tags: Benefit, SOHOware Inc., Wi-Fi, Wireless LANs, LANs, Wireless, Networking

Case studies

Government Office Expects New Technology to Boost Efficiency, Improve Mobile Messaging

The Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General is the primary legal and law enforcement agency in the state of Pennsylvania. 800 lawyers, law enforcement agents, support staff, and managers work for the attorney general, operating from offices throughout the state. Office employees depend heavily on e-mail to do their work, with...

Tags: Mobile, Information Technology, Microsoft Exchange Server, Government, Messaging, Microsoft Corp., Attorney General, Office, E-mail Servers, Microsoft Office, Groupware, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Office Suites, Management

Case studies

LightPointe Case Study: City of San Diego

San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium needed to provide a fiber-optic link for more than 50 security cameras monitored by local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies entrusted with securing Super Bowl XXXVII. Because of the high number of media outlets and satellite feeds for television coverage, the airwaves in and around...

Tags: LightPointe

Case studies

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) Taps the Power of Technology to Reunite Tens of Thousands of Missing Children With Their Families

According to National Center for Missing & Exploited Children NCMEC, time is the enemy in missing child cases. Being able to receive, validate, update, analyze, and transfer pictures, tips, and data quickly and securely among federal and law enforcement agencies is critical. It requires strong integration among every element involved...

Tags: Computer Associates International Inc., NCMEC, Advertising & Promotion, Databases, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Case studies

Feds: Details of ISP snooping haven't been decided

Impeach Gonzales......for violating his oath of office!so its okFor a business to snoop your email, but not for law enforcement to set a mandatory retention period so that when a court order is issued the information is still there?It's ok that business have been required to keep financial records for...

Tags: wmlundine@..., networking, off-topic, Dan

Discussion threads 2007-01-24

North Carolina and South Carolina Agencies Share Law Enforcement Data

With a population of over 90,000, Henderson County is a rapidly growing community in North Carolina with a prominent tourism industry and growing manufacturing, retail sale, and agricultural sectors. The county needed to implement a collaborative platform to share information with neighboring jurisdictions and close bureaucratic gaps that perpetrators can...

Tags: Collaboration, North Carolina, Microsoft Corp., VisionCONNECT Collaboration Platform, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies

Encrypted?

When does encrypted not mean secure? Maybe when your government is working with Microsoftto make sure they have ‘back door’ entry to your data! That’s what has been reported by the BBCrecently!The impending release of Windows Vista and it’s BitLockerDrive Encryption has been noted by the authorities as...

Tags: Â'back doorÂ, government

Blog posts 2006-02-20