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Jason Mosher

Sheriff's Journal

Vernon County Sheriff.

Cybercrimes; a new breed of criminals emerges

Saturday, August 1, 2015

In recent years, the art of investigations has changed dramatically, and only some of this is due to case law and federal and state laws that have been changed or revised. To a greater extent, there has been a new focus on specialized skills like crime scene investigation, interview and interrogation, financial investigation and the list goes on and on. The largest factor that has brought about a change in this field is the same as most others, and that is digital technology. This type of technology has made a drastic change in the world of investigations. Cameras, criminal data bases, information sharing, and record storage has all changed what we can do and how fast we can do it. For some, this world of technology has snuck up to us. I thought when I was younger that I was living in a world that would see the big change in technology. But with every day that passes I find that it is still changing and can be very hard to keep up with. Every time I have to ask one of my kids how to do something on some type of electronics, I am reminded that the next generation is becoming even more technologically driven and dependent.

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