The Role of Emerging Technology in Transforming the Policing Landscape
At the recent Future Policing event, we heard from Hilda Sirec, Commander, Australian Federal Police as she explores strengthening local networks to help solve crime and improve public safety. In this article she explores: Child sex abuse, particularly online, has become rampant. Part of the problem is that “offenders continuously adapt and diversify their methods.” The use of encryption and the dark web services “have been around for over a decade,” but what is new is the development of solutions that “enable anonymous communication, virtual private clouds, and virtual private networks.” These make access to things like the dark web …