Skip to main content  Embracing the police force of the future
Police monitor security cameras at the Lower Manhattan Security
Initiative on April 23, 2013 in New York City.   • Police forces
around the world are fighting crime with new data-mining tools
• San Diego's streetcars have video analytics that can spot
suspicious behavior   • Major crime in Memphis fell 30% with
software to predict where crimes might take place   • Next on
the horizon for law enforcement: biometrics, including facial
recognition  Editor's note: Ger Daly is managing director of
defense and public safety for Accenture, a company that provides
management consulting, technology and outsourcing services in 54
countries.  (CNN) -- Contrary to the Hollywood image in movies
like "Minority Report," technology hasn't served law enforcement
particularly well over the years.  Fragmented and complex
operating systems have challenged police officers to manually
enter information into multiple programs. And yet officers still
struggle to retri