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Vaccum-tube Operated Calculator
An electronic data processing machine. The machine is not a computer, but a vacuum-tube operated calculator with a punch-card sorter and collator. It helps summarize arrests and warrants. -
Side-handle Baton
A baton with a handle attached at a 90-degree angle near the gripping end. Its versatility and effectiveness eventually made the side-handle baton a standard issue for many police agencies. -
Crime Labs and Radio Networks Found Necessary
The President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice concluded that "the police, with crime laboratories and radio networks, made early use of technology," these labratories contain different types of equipment to analyze specimen in different ways and to help solve different types of crime cases. -
National Crime Inforfmation Center
The FBI starts the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), the first national law enforcement computing center. NCIC is a computerized national filing system on wanted persons and stolen vehicles, weapons, and other items of value. -
Bulletproof Vest (kevlar)
Lightweight, flexible, and comfortable protective body armor that was created for the police. The body armor is made from Kevlar, a fabric originally used to replace the steel belts used in tires. The soft body armor has saved thousands of officers lives since its creation for the law enforcement community. -
Fingerprint Scanners
Rockwell International installs the first fingerprint reader at the FBI, making it more difficult for terrorists to get into classified areas. -
"Enhanced" 911
Police departments begin using "enhanced" 911, which allows dispatchers to see on their computer screens the addresses and telephone numbers from which 911 emergency calls came from. -
Pepper Spray
Pepper spray, used by the police as an alternative to force, is first developed. Pepper spray is a colorless, bitter compound found in many hot peppers. -
Computers
Many U.S. police departments begin using computers. Many are using them for criminal investigations, budgeting, dispatch, and manpower locating. -
Automatic Liscence Plate Recognition
After a crime happen,s a computer catches the liscence plate of the car used,if one was used, and immediatly finds out who it belongs to and tracks them. -
Taser
Tasers shock the target with a large shock of electricity with two dart like objects attached to metal wires which shcks the target on contact.
