ABSTRACT
Legal Functions: More than Speeding Tickets It is a well-worn cliché in the Information Age: criminals are on the cutting edge of technology while law enforcement officers are trailing far behind. The truth of the matter is this is not the case. Many venues are connected using state-of-the-art communications networks between individual law officers, their cars, and their precinct offices. At any moment, the officer can observe a license plate, touch the keys on her laptop, connect to the NCIC (National Crime Information Center), determine if the car has been reported stolen, and obtain a criminal history of its registered owner. Private and corporate investigators have advanced skills that allow them to access compromised workstations and servers, create forensic copies of relevant media, and quickly search for incriminating files.
