The London Metropolitan Police will proceed to the massive supply of iPad mini devices to equip policemen patrolling the British capital.
According to the Metropolitan Police's announcement, the £ 4 million 200 program and three-year program will include equipment up to 15.000 police with devices tablets of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),. As a first step, the program will cover the procurement of 600 devices to be promoted to the police stations in Hammersmith and Fulham, London.
The iPad provided by the London Police will have pre-installed applications that will enable police officers who use them to access case files and witness statements. At the same time, location-based information about gang members or recent crime victims will be provided, along with access instructions to the nearest hospitals with emergency units.
Σύμφωνα με σχετική αναφορά των Financial Times, η Μητροπολιτική Αστυνομία υπολογίζει ότι με το συγκεκριμένο πρόγραμμα θα καταφέρει να επιτύχει περικοπές κατά 30% στον προϋπολογισμό IT, σε σχέση με σήμερα. Παράλληλα, εκφράζεται και ο προβληματισμός εάν θα επιτευχθούν οι στόχοι αφού και το 2012 σε ανάλογο πρόγραμμα προμήθειας 40.000 «έξυπνων» κινητών τηλεφώνων, τα benefits came to £600.000, far short of the £125m savings originally planned.
On the contrary, defenders of the program believe that the benefits of the program should include the ability to "predict" crimes, with base the statistics data to be provided by pre-installed applications. Indicative is the reference to a similar program implemented in Los Angeles of the United States, where in the areas of application there was a decrease of 12% in burglaries, while in areas where old tactics were applied there was an increase of 0,5%.
In any case, use it iPad as a means of enforcing the law is something completely new. If the experiment is successful, only time and statistics will show it.
Source: naftemporiki.gr
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