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Expanding Justice in Your Community
Justice in its purest form is hard to come by in the modern world. Especially as political and economic difficulties force the issue, pragmatic realities around law enforcement and law agencies make proper justice difficult. But justice is fundamental to free society. Without it, societies implode on themselves and “might makes right”.
It’s absolutely fundamental to enable and maintain justice solutions in your community. That’s a tall order, though. You’ll need to approach the issue from multiple angles. Where you can automate the process, that will be helpful. Here we’ll explore a few ways you might be able to do so locally.
Initiate Automatic Data Network Protection
One of the biggest impediments to modern justice is the paperwork involved in the bureaucracy of managing offenders and those who’ve been hurt. Most legal and law enforcement agencies have older equipment. Such equipment is more vulnerable to digital attacks, and not just those, but natural issues which develop from long-term use of legacy IT equipment.
When you can automate data network protection utilizing patches, firewalls, data monitoring, and other techniques, that helps assure the facts stay straight and justice is served. Justice can be inhibited both by hackers, and by faulty software or hardware. Staying continuously up-to-date is key.
Streamline Associated Documentation
There is quite a bit of paperwork generated with any proceeding that goes through an attorney agency or a law enforcement agency. Software and guidance in streamlining documentation helps expedite the process, freeing up time to focus on the details of a given case. Consultation can be helpful.
Outsource Tech Management
Tech management internally will require dedicated employees on a government salary. If you work in the government, you understand the impediment bureaucracy represents. Outsourcing to a private agency can get around that sort of “red tape”, as the saying goes. Now certainly, there are legal limitations here you’ll need to be aware of.
Some information can’t be outsourced, but usually its management can be, and access can be restricted to only those on a “need to know basis”, as the popular saying goes. Cloud-based tech infrastructure can give you greater data capability at a reduced cost. There are hybrid and private cloud options available, many law enforcement agencies are upgrading.
Ally Yourself With Other Nearby Agencies
Some towns are small enough that they are served by one police agency, sometimes one municipality has multiple precincts. New York has quite a few, and enough police officers to populate small towns across the country. Here’s the thing: when there are different agencies operating under their own management styles, interaction between them can be hampered by collateral static.
What makes sense is getting together at intervals so you can explore similar tech upgrades. If one agency is on the cloud and another isn’t, there’ll be some static there. If you can both upgrade simultaneously, that makes interaction easier. Also, this can give you some convincing “ammunition” when you go before, say, a commissioner board to request funding.
You can point out that other adjacent police agencies who have similar needs financially and in terms of data have already made “X” or “Y” upgrade. This gives legitimacy to the funding needs you’re bringing before commissioners.
Doing the Best You Can to Provide Justice
Working with other nearby agencies, outsourcing tech management, streamlining documentation management, and initiating automatic data network protections represent four key ways your local criminal justice agency can automate operations toward more effective, representative justice.
Staying up-to-date in this area is a “moving target”, but it’s worth aiming at carefully so you can hit it.