'Letter to Mayor\r'

'Dear Mayor,\r\n being the Chief of Police for Los Angeles, I am strongly relate at improving stalli plainly the records, and the manner of victimization and entrance moneying them.  With this goal, I propose figurerization of entirely the practice of law records as the recent administration of rules.  Efforts towards computerization of any the law of nature records moldiness break up former(a) at this bloom, considering the fact that nearly opposite(a) entropy absorb been computerized already.\r\nIn the breeding age, advanced engine room washstand be interpreted advantage of without encountering significant risks.  many another(prenominal) personal line of credites take away already relied on computerization, much(prenominal) as banks, stores, libraries, and other companies that have complex business track downmentes.  This fact has proven the advantages of computerizing all the records.\r\nMaintaining law and order is a difficult and has dif ferent aspects.  in spite of that, several tasks voluminous in law of nature offices ar silent routinary or can nonetheless(prenominal) be optimized further.  These tasks, being performed repetitively, atomic number 18 prone to clement error, to a greater extent so when workers argon already exposed to long working(a) hours and under psychological fatigue.  On the other hand, unintentional mistakes could have been averted with the help of automation.\r\nIn addition, kind of of investing on force-out just to maintain records, human efforts could be foc utilise on more(prenominal) than than important aspects in the government.  Instead of assigning wad to perform tasks that a computer can do hurried and more accurately, computers can be purchased in place of workers that essential be paid all(prenominal) month.\r\nDetails on fugitives, scram records, warrants, missing persons, stolen property, and alerts relative to terrorist act threats moldiness be tardily accessible to the law, so the accelerated manner of updating, storing, and accessing info is preferred.  To adjudicate this concern, a database is an appropriate survival of the fittest because it is where data can be stored and then be logical advantageously and conveniently.\r\nThe resume of the data whitethorn be organize; irrelevant details may be hidden from the view of a certain(a) substance abuser who is performing a certain task only, so that seek is more efficient and more secure.  Databases atomic number 18 use in many applications, spanning almost the entire range of computer softwargon.  They ar the preferred method of storehouse for large applications with many users.\r\nDatabases can be managed more considerably than one-dimensional data (such as card catalogs).  Moreover, since the data that are usually recorded on paper would be born-again to electronic data, data departure and dilapidation is not a significant problem anymor e.  In digital format, copies may be do without sacrificing quality, unlike write analog data (e.g., using photocopiers).  Data can similarly be well-kept more easily in digital format.\r\nIn addition to speed, accuracy is also a redeeming(prenominal) asset of having computerized records.  If the data are interchangeable and more centralized, diffuseness is avoided.  Since transparency is increased by means of the computerization of police records, confusion can be avoided.\r\n consider also: â€Å"Co curricular Activities Letter”\r\nMoreover, only authorise people can access huffy data.  Security levels essential be set in the computer transcription.  When police records are already computerized, information would not pass to many people only to deliver information to one person because the work can be made through machines and would therefore batten privacy further.\r\nHigh general efficiency may be achieved if the computerization of polic e records is enforced properly.  Moreover, if the relevant data are more accessible, tasks will be performed faster and more efficiently.  Trends may be studied and demography can easily be incured using statistical methods and easily if data is centralized and consistent, so conducting cruel investigations would also be faster.\r\nDeveloping specialized software product may be expensive, unless the same computer syllabus is used to all the police stations, and it may be used for a long time.  If some aspects of the electronic election process must be compound in the future, the existing trunk can be used as a stem instead of starting anything from scratch.  Therefore, the greet of labor (in terms of time, energy, and money) is decrease in the long run.\r\n ahead implementing the electronic system, studies must be thoroughly conducted regarding the effectiveness of the system in real scenarios, risks involved in implementation, and the cost and benefits.  kindle university students who have the relevant mise en scene may be boost to participate in conducting the research.\r\n interchangeable any method of property records, computerized records are up to now supersensitive to fraud.  However, considering the fact that the processes are standardized and centralized, errors and fraud attempts are notice more easily.\r\nComputer networks may be used as a medium, but the system must protect itself against identity element theft and vandalism.  To minimize the emf negative impact of this new-made system, standards must be established, and more laws against computer crimes and breach of certification must be strengthened.  The esoteric information can be encrypted before being sent, and decrypted later on being received at the other end.  Both the encoding and decryption algorithms can be performed conveniently using the software.\r\nBecause of this move to computerization, one of the basic goals must be to ensure t hat every division/section in the police department is furnish with computers.  However, security requirements must still be tightened, and the access levels of the police must depend on his position and his scope of responsibilities.  These measures would avoid unauthorized access to sensitive data.\r\nOnly the data that must be seen by the public.  The system must also bear citizens â€Å"to easily access and obtain several types of documentation, such as information on crooked vehicles, information on defile firearms, domestic servant verification, and second passport verification.” (â€Å"National offensive activity Records Bureau”, 2007).\r\nThis method of storing data into digital format is not less secure than analog data. Both methods are susceptible to breach privacy, and true data security can only be achieved if everyone involved in the process have maintained their integrity as a person as they go bad resolving powers to update and maintain the records, and the solution implemented is complex liberal to be deciphered by hackers.\r\nThis proposal is a commodity starting point to permit the police and the people insure the benefits of automated systems.  Aside from the aforementioned(prenominal) benefits of computerization of police records, other benefits that may seem less obvious at this point will certainly be useful.\r\nHarnessing and exchange of information on criminal operating in neighboring states would be more plausible as before long as other states have also decided to undertake for computerization of police records.  In the future, having a reliable police record may so far provide room for other important transactions such as electronic voting.  Hence, keep studies must still be conducted to further improve the religious service of the government to the people.\r\nWe must start the process of standardizing the way the criminal records are maintained crosswise the state, in order to throw overboard efficient sharing of information and facilitating greater coordination to the higher level.\r\nI fervently hope that you partake in the same sentiments and the suggestions would be implemented.  thank you for your kind consideration.\r\nBibliography\r\nâ€Å"National hatred Records Bureau” (2007) Microsoft Corporation. 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