Police technology...

The Police has made an annoucement to board that a new technology came to being in action as a goal for every year progress to secure the people.

During Tuesday's board meeting, held at the Blenheim municipal office, Insp. Tim Mifflin provided a rundown on various initiatives.
"Each year we set our technological goals," he said. "We have to do things to make the service move forward."

Mifflin discussed how the Blackberry program and related technologies are unfolding to help officers remain more visible in the community. He also mentioned the pilot project for Lace software, which will be used for child pornography investigations.
"It allows investigators to search child pornography images to ensure the victims are victims," he said.
Mifflin said while there aren't many such cases in Chatham-Kent compared to larger centres, he noted an investigation can be very time-consuming.
He said the software has been used in Los Angeles, with a million images searched in a week.
Mifflin said there are also plans for special search tools for other complex investigations, using information that is already in the database.
An example of this would be the quick cross-referencing of a suspect's clothing with a different case, he said.
"We are only scratching the surface with this," he said

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