Report On The Integration Of Technology In Public Safety Administration

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Report on the integration of technology in Public Safety Administration

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Executive briefing on integrating technology for response on cyber bullying

1. Problem

The problem identified is that most people using social media are prone to cyber bullying

with some being direct or indirect victims of the said cybercrime. Cyber bullying is a first

emerging public safety issue that has been neglected over the decade. (Tokunaga, 2010) It has

been propelled by the emergence of social media platforms and thus increasing the online

presence of variating individual characters.

Experts have described cyber bullying as bullying that is executed on digital devices such

as mobile phones and computers. The act is perpetrated on online platforms availed by the

devices such as text messages online applications and social media forums. It occurs by sharing

content on the platforms that can be described as negative, dangerous and harmful to someone

else. It includes private information on someone that causes great exposure or humiliation. Most

of these acts are usually for purposes of blackmail or extorting some material or information

from the affected party.

While some states have legislations on criminal law applying to cyber bullying not all of

them, have effective response methods as it is assumed that most of these bullying happens in

only in schools or to adolescent peers. However, these are not true. It is such kind of assumptions

that have propelled the crime to be a first rising issue that is a direct threat to public safety. Cyber

bullying is a crime that is perpetrated by anyone, even older generations like workmates or

neighbors living next door. This is because, by statistics, online presence and use of internet

across the world has greatly increased in the past years. The data indicated below shows the

percentage of internet users around the globe by specific continents.

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2. Proposed solution

The proposed solution is to the local government authority, is the independent setting up

of a policing institution and oversight committee that specifically handles the response to the said

cybercrime. (Nhan and Huey, 2009) The authorities mandated with the administration of public

safety policies such as the national government at Congress level and the local government

should device legislative policies that empower the policing institution dealing with the public

safety menace.

The policing institution set up should be facilitated with resources that enable an efficient

response. This is because, as indicated in the chart, the internet has made the world a global

49%

17%

11%

internet users as per continent

asia europe africa middle east north america south america 11% austria

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place. Cyber bullying is not limited to just the people living in a certain jurisdiction, as there are

numerous people operating online around the universe.

An independent policing institution will help in the quick tracing of the source where the

cyber bully is operating from or main area code in which the cybercrime is usually perpetrated

from. With such kind of resources to make a quick trace, the said institution can prove then lias

with authority mandated with administering public safety in the jurisdiction to move swiftly in

response and take action on the perpetrator of the crime.

Dealing with cyber bullying is not an easy task however and requires a combined effort

and a huge amount of resources ranging from finances, manpower and facilities for the same.

Since all of the Cybercrime happens online, the policing institution should thus be facilitated

with resources that enhance harnessing of online intelligence network and information. The

institutions must also be allowed to partner with the private sector that handles and deals with

online communication and innovation. As we can all see, such measures may include the

acquisition of sate-likes to do the supervisory work.

3. Cost of solution

Tackling Cyber- crime by forming independent institution will require heavy financial

investment. Both the local government and the national government will require forming a

supplementary budget that specifically aims at setting aside funds to facilitate this activity.

(Fischer and Halibozek, 2009) The government has no doubt invested heavily in the homeland

and international security and definitely allocates a lot of funds to this exercise. There has been a

budgeting proposal by the government on U.S spending to handle cyber security for the

dissimilar government security agencies and programs. According to varying reports, the

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department of homeland security has proposed around 980 million U.S dollars to handle cyber-

related crimes. The table below shows a critical analysis on proposed budgets by the various

security agencies.

Security agent Proposed budget in a million U.S dollars

Security agent

Proposed budget in million U.S dollars

DHS; Cyber tasks

980

DHS; cyber protection system

400

DHS; scientific directorate

440

DHS; programs directorate

DHS; diagnostic and mitigation

280

DHS; NCICC

DOJ; FBI cyber operations

DOJ; dark investigative tech

DOJ; foreign cyber operations

NIST; technology research

650

The statistics indicated above are as per the year 2018. The large sum of the proposal indicates

that if there were an independent institution that specifically handled, cyber-related matters, then

the government would be able to support it financially.

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4. Benefits

The first major benefit would be that the government would manage to keep up with the

ever-changing online security trends. Setting up an independent policing institution would assist

in monitoring efficiency, as the mission and vision of the same would be defined and thus

avoiding collision with other tasks and responsibilities as earlier on proposed in public safety.

The other major benefit would be that the institution would assist the government in

saving up financial resources as the parties being budgeted for would be minimized to only one.

As seen in the analyses above, the government receives proposals on cybercrime safety matters

from both the department of justice and the department of homeland security. Both of these

departments have their varying proposals, and thus budget on cybercrime is split. However, with

the setting up of an independent cybercrime response institution, budgeted finance would thus be

integrated to serve one department and thus cutting down unnecessary expenses

The government would also manage to respond to cybercrime related issues more quickly

and efficiently. With the clear definition of the institution's missions and visions, the

responsibility and duties of responding to cybercrime would be clearly defined and thus efficient

response and accountability as to negligent responses. (Boes&Leukfeldt, 2017) It would also

quicken response as the numerous protocols involved when it comes to response would be

minimized.

The institution would be solely responsible for any decision making, rather in a joint task

force which requires the approval of different officials tasked with the administration of the

different public safety institutions in the department of justice and department of homeland

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security. The protocol of response would thus be minimized to approval by the officials in charge

of administration in the newly set up institution

In conclusion, the proposal to set up an independent institution that is specifically

mandated to handle the emerging threat towards public safety should be highly considered as it

has more benefits to both the public and government as a whole.

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REFERENCES;

Boes, S., &Leukfeldt, E. R. (2017). Fighting cybercrime: A joint effort. In Cyber-Physical

Security (pp. 185-203). Springer, Cham.

Fischer, R., &Halibozek, E. (2008). Introduction to security. Butterworth-Heinemann.

Nhan, J., & Huey, L. (2009). Policing through nodes, clusters and bandwidth. Technocrime:

Technology, crime and social control,

Tokunaga, R. S. (2010). Following you home from school: A critical review and synthesis of

research on cyberbullying victimization. Computers in human behavior.

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