Tipping Point - U.S. Policing and Technology

Tipping Point - U.S. Policing and Technology

Sickening.?Preventable.??Many shared these two thoughts after seeing the fatal beating of Tyree Nichols, at the hands of an “Elite Unit” of a Metropolitan Police Department.

One thing is certain, the U.S. is well overdue in accelerating reforms and updates to how police are trained, monitored, and perform their duties.

In this horrific case, technology was critical in providing retrospective footage via body cams and surveillance videos; however, we need to advance the adoption of newer technology quickly and ask how to better leverage:

• Extended Reality (XR) in attracting, training, and evaluating higher caliber candidates to the profession.?
• Real-time collaboration and streaming and alerting of incidents based on leveraging Cloud, 5G networks + Smart Devices attached to vehicles and on an officer’s person.?
• Highly Regulated tuning and use of event-activated, AI-Driven Audio and Video Analytics - which are capable of alerting supervisors when certain triggers are present.?In this case, 5 officers swinging their arms at a subject + pepper spray + tasers + baton accelerometers activating, etc.?

Make no mistake, technology makes strategy possible, and the first step to fixing this problem is to hire the right people and use great leadership to create a supportive and accountable environment.?

I've had the chance to work in the public sector, and I have a lot of respect for the agency and department heads who are truly trying to help their citizens by learning more about technology and using it to improve their organizations.?

Let’s hope that this tragedy serves to accelerate much-needed change ASAP.

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