Technology offers the potential for friendship, unity, and a lasting support to law enforcement, but is this friendship truly compatible or has technology increased the need for new and tougher laws, with a revision to most of the old laws already on the books. Technology has taken an average man's job and turned into one with much needed education and even then the learning does not come fast enough for our ever changing world. This paper will examine new technologies in the help with fighting crime or in reality are the things that make our lives easier allow criminals easier access to our loved ones, the things we have worked for and even allow them to escape punishment.
             Crime has been around for as long as humans and will only become disappear when we are gone. Why, because crime is defined as offending and violating laws, and laws were created by man and if we are not here than they would not be needed. I don't believe anyone would deny that technology has lifted crime rates and has even created new varieties of crime, but it has also aided in solving them? Before a decision is made, this paper will assess new and different technological examples. We will look at tools that both hurt and help the law enforcement community as a whole.
             Let's start with some basic technology enhancements; night vision goggles "see invisible infrared light and convert it to visible light" (Levine & Martin, 1992). This technology is used in numerous ways by law enforcement, "such as night sights on sniper rifles, night vision lenses on still and video cameras of narcotics or organized crime surveillance teams, and night vision goggles worn by police helicopter pilots" (Levine & Martin, 1992). These improvements have been very helpful, but sometimes when officers are in a hurry and possibly impatient they tend to try and skirt the letter of the law and force issues without proper paper work. This is where these ...