Future Technology
With so many advancements in the past 30 years, there is no way to put a limit on where police work will go in the next 30 years.

1. There are many technologies in biometrics expected to be the next thing to gain a following.
2. That includes facial-recognition software to identify suspects and retinal scanning, which can aid as a security device.
3. Gait recognition, another technology, deals with identifying a person’s pattern of walk.
4. Touch DNA is a technology that would help identify a suspect from DNA on any object they touch at a crime scene. It’s a few years down the road.
5. Most recently, police departments started implementing a new data-mining tool called WebFOCUS, which allows law enforcement officers in multiple jurisdictions to cross-reference crimes daily to find trends.
6. Another technology, the automated vehicle location system, allows officers’ whereabouts to be monitored through a global positioning system. In return, dispatchers can direct officers to calls more efficiently.
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