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COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND POLICE EFFICIENCY

NCJ Number
9400
Journal
Police Journal Volume: 46 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY-MARCH 1973) Pages: 78-95
Author(s)
F R HODGES
Date Published
1973
Length
18 pages
Annotation
COMPUTERIZED COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS EMPLOYED BY THE BIRMINGHAM CITY POLICE FORCE AND THE DORSET AND BOURNEMOUTH CONSTABULARY ARE DESCRIBED.
Abstract
BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF COMPUTERIZATION EXPERIMENTS IN RETRIEVAL OF CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE AND NATIONAL CENTRALIZED STORAGE OF CRIMINAL RECORDS ARE GIVEN. INCLUDED, AS AN ADJUNCT TO THE CONCEPT OF COMPUTERIZED COMMAND AND CONTROL SCHEMES, IS THE 'MOBILE AUTOMATIC DATA EXPERIMENT' BY THE DIRECTORATE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS, WHICH INVOLVES DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS, ENCODING, AND AUTOMATIC LOCATING OF POLICE VEHICLES.