PREFACE -- TABLES -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CONTEXTUAL OVERVIEW -- CRIME IN THE UNITED STATES -- STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT -- THE NEED FOR MODERN TECHNOLOGY -- THE NEED FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE -- LIMITS TO FEDERAL ASSISTANCE -- Legacy of the LEAA -- WhatÌs Different Now -- RESPONSIVE TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE -- CURRENT SYSTEM -- National Center -- Regional Centers -- Special Offices -- EXAMPLES OF TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE -- Utica Arson Strike Force -- Technology Assistance to a Fire Department -- Audio Enhancement Processing Helps Build Murder Case -- Still Photo from Videotape Prompts Confession -- Computer File Analysis Identifies Victims -- E-Mail Analysis Nabs Child Molester -- NLECTC Metallurgy Expertise Discredits Murder Alibi -- Videotape Enhancement Clears Suspect -- Technology in Strategic Planning -- Crime Mapping and Database Challenges -- PROSPECTS FOR IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE -- TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT -- CURRENT STATUS -- Technology Available to Campus Police -- A Computer System to Track Gang Members -- Wireless Data Communications -- TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT -- Smart Gun -- Vehicle Stopping -- Counterterrorism -- Communications Systems -- TESTING AND EVALUATION -- Technologies Tested in Mock Prison Riot -- OLETC Commercialization Projects -- Technology Too Good to Be True -- SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION Factors in Acquisition Decisions: The Example of Less-Than-Lethal Technology -- An LA Story: Differences Technology Can Make -- PROSPECTS FOR IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT -- st CENTURY CRIME LABS -- ONGOING FBI DNA INITIATIVES -- TECHNOLOGY PLAYS ROLE IN NEW ORLEANS CRIME REDUCTION -- STATUS AND NEEDS -- Training -- Technology Transfer -- Methods RDT&E -- EXAMPLES OF LAB CASELOADS -- EQUIPMENT AND FACILITY NEEDS -- PROSPECTS FOR IMPROVED CRIME LABS -- BRIDGING THE TRAINING GAP.

CURRENT STATUS -- Leadership -- Community Involvement -- Management and Supervision -- Crisis Management -- Force Management and Integrity Issues -- Staffing, Personnel, and Legal Issues -- Patrol Operations and Tactical Responses -- Investigations -- PROPOSED TRAINING SUPPORT -- PROSPECTS FOR IMPROVED TRAINING -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES.