(February 25, 2025) Dr Richard Winter reflects…
Recently I was in a meeting with eight others and the task set before us was to examine major trends affecting the modern-day police force.
At one point we happened to focus on young people and agreed that they are technologically savvy—
- They all have smart phones connected to the internet; If they’re somewhere and they photograph it, it’s instantly on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube!
Thinking then about modern technology, we acknowledged that if a virus can be planted in anyone’s phone/computer, we may never get the message and our ability to communicate is compromised. That this is a digital world of communication — and if a cell phone today isn’t 5G then it’s an old phone!
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