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Penile
plethysmograph
VSA CVSA
Physical
material tracking
Polygraph
Forensic
• Metal detectors
tools for
• Automated license
electronic
Deception
plate readers (fixed)
devices
detection
• Biometrics for identity
Specialized task
verification for
information
monitoring
collection tools
Fixed
surveillance
and detection
Staff equipment
storage and
maintenance
External/
perimeter physical
infrastructure
Organizational
logistics
• Home monitoring
systems
• Voice biometrics for
remote monitoring
• Offender computer Internet
Telephone
monitoring
Kiosk
Skype
• Offender location
Automated
monitoring
reporting
• Automated license
Internal access
control
Proximity cards
Facility operations and
population services
Product
delivery
plate readers (mobile)
• Ignition interlocks
• Ion mobility
spectrometers
Delivering services
to population
Furnishings
and contents
Internal physical
infrastructure
Internal
environment
control
Education
delivery
Impairment
screens
• Drug and
Urine Hair
alcohol—
Blood
Breath
continuous
Saliva
monitoring
• Drug and
Transdermal
Drug and
alcohol—
alcohol—
remote
point tests in-office point
tests
Laboratory tools and
Field analytic
techniques for evidence
tools or test
analysis (forensic
technologies
technologies)
Information technology
hardware, networks/
capacity, connectivity
Internal data
collection
Information
collection
Respiratory
protection
Armor and
helmets
Standard
clothing
Personnel
clothing, protection,
or augmentation
Credentials/
identification
Ballistic armor
Worn
• Strategic planning and
process improvement
tools
• Pretrial release
assessment
• Best practices/research
results repositories
• Recidivism prediction
• CompStat for
community corrections
• Prehiring personnel
screening methods
Duty technology
(person-carried
basic tools)
Data
Instrumented clothing
(e.g., physiological
monitoring)
Person-worn equipment
and weapons/force
Specialized task
technologies
Lethal
weapons
Water
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Fixed location
communications
Vehicle-based
communications
Optical
Electricity
Millimeter
wave
Data
Voice
Video
• Parole hearings
• Staff meetings
• PSI investigations
Aircraft
Parole
release
decisionmaking
software
Risk/needs
assessment
instruments
• Offender restraints/
security
• Weapon security/
storage
Watercraft
Fixed wing
Static-99
Lethality
assessment
Rotorcraft
LSI
Unmanned
aerial vehicles
• Language translation
technologies
• Crime scene correlation tools
• Automated analysis of
offender location data
Cross-sector
informationsharing tools
Computer-aided
dispatch tools
Use-of-force
simulation
Technology-mediated
training tools
Interviewing
simulation
Firearm
simulation
Societal/legal
knowledge development
and innovation
Organizational
analytic
structures
IT systems
for managing
organizational
resources
System
integration and
informationsharing
Remote
learning tools
Tools to assist
live training
• Geographic information
systems
• Link analysis tools
• Drug test randomizer
Records
Automated
management
voice-to-text
systems
transcription
IT systems
for managing
mission-related • Case management systems
data
• Interstate compact database
• Financial record systems
for offender obligations
Mobile
communications
Information
presentation tools
and dashboards
Video
Acoustic
Blunt or kinetic
firearm-based
technologies
Information
management
(including sharing)
Data
Restraint
technologies
Directed energy
Odorants
Foam
Personnel
communications
See information analysis for
language translation tools
Batons
Irritants
Information delivery
(including
communications)
Voice
Weapons and
force
Less-than-lethal
weapons
External
communications
• Cellular
Voice
• Radio
• Auto-dialers
Firearms
Computational
tools
Information analysis
• Pagers
• Smart phones
Clothing/
uniforms
Associated
technologies
GPS fleet management systems
Information and
communications
Public
information
functions
• Victim notification
systems
• Most-wanted
bulletins
Public alert and
• Local area
notification
notification of
escape
AMBER alerts
Vehicles
Pursuit
management
Shields
Eyewear
Internal
modifications
Individual
analytical
methods
Information
technology—basic
systems
Augmenting
Vehicle armor
Unmanned
ground vehicles
Personnel
management
and performance
monitoring tools
Infrastructure
Associated
technologies
Social media
Organizational
performance
monitoring tools
Information
security
Ground
See information
collection and information
management for other
sensors and systems that
could be vehicle-integrated
Specialized
ground vehicles
Community
interaction
tools
Surveillance/
monitoring
Protective
Bicycles
Vehicleembedded
sensors
Sirens, markings,
and warning
indicators
Automobiles
Motorcycles
Mobile
surveillance
and detection
Authentication,
access management
“Green
technologies”
Standard
• Vehicle location systems
• License plate readers
Handwriting
analysis
Pupillometry
Actigraphy
See information collection for
using biometrics for identity verification,
monitoring, and access control
Health care
delivery
Architectural
design and
systems
Cell phone
Computer
Doctrine, tactics,
management, and behavioral
knowledge development
and training
Doctrine and strategy
for carrying out agency
missions
Officer/practitioner
knowledge development
and training
Management/leadership
knowledge development
and training
Technology use
and application
Specialist/technologist
knowledge development
and training
Organizational and
human resources policy
and practices
Acquisition
and technology
decisionmaking
Policies and
knowledge for
carrying out roles
Policies and
knowledge for
carrying out roles
Technology use
and application
Tactics and
practices
Tactics and
practices
• Self-defense
• Firearms
• Use of force
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