Too late: Cops’ deaths highlight outdated systems (AP) After Ismaaiyl Brinsley shot his ex-girlfriend and posted an online death threat against police, investigators in Maryland used modern cellphone tracking technology to follow his journey to New York City in real time. But when it came to giving the New York Police Department specifics about Brinsley, the means were markedly low-tech: a phone call and a wanted flier sent by fax. That warning came too late, arriving a mere one minute before Brinsley walked up to a patrol car and shot two officers dead without warning. Police on both ends say they took immediate and proper measures to try to alert officers about an armed and dangerous fugitive bent on violence against law enforcement. But the seemingly antiquated way they did it has raised questions about the potential for communication lapses to hamper urgent manhunts. Though refusing to fault how the warning was handled, Police Commissioner William Bratton has called it “an irony” the ambush occurred a time when the NYPD has launched a $160 million program to equip each member of the 35,000-officer force with a department-issued computer tablet or smartphone to improve information-sharing. Currently, police departments in New York, Los Angeles, Denver and elsewhere mostly rely [...] newsinfl/too-late-cops-deaths-highlight-outdated-systems/
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 22:01:04 +0000
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