Lieutenant Raymond E. Foster, LAPD (ret.) MBA, is the CEO of Criminal Justice Online, and he is the author of Police Technology (Prentice Hall, July 2004).  During his twenty-four years with the Los Angeles Police Department he worked ten geographic areas; including Newton, 77th and Southwest Areas. In addition to patrol, Lieutenant Foster worked specialized assignments such as communications, traffic, community relations and fugitives. Raymond has a BA in Criminal Justice Management, a Masters in Public Finance and is currently finishing his doctoral studies.

 

Raymond's current major project is co-authoring the upcoming book, Homeland Security and the New Threats of Global Terrorism: From Cold War to Flaming-Hot War (Prentice Hall, February 2007) with Major General Dror Itzhaki, Israeli Security Agency (ret), a senior Israeli expert on security, protection, operations and prevention of criminal and terror acts, and Dr. Reuven Paz, Ph.D., an Israeli expert on militant and radical Islam and Islamist movements. Additionally, he is in contract negotiations on a third book - An Introduction to Policing.

 

About the Book:  Police TechnologyFor Computers in Criminal Justice, Police Technology, Introductory Cybercrime and Introductory Crime Analysis courses as well as courses in Management of Public Information Systems.The only book of its kind available today, Police Technology is an up-to-date, practical examination of information technology in law enforcement. Through the lens of common criminal justice themes such as community policing, fragmentation, and other criminological theories, it tackles the broad field of information technology systematically - it starts with a basic introduction to computers, explores police communications technology, and presents cutting-edge strategic and tactical technology used by police to predict, investigate and prevent crime.

 

Reviews

 

"Police Technology offers, hands-down, the most thorough, up-to-date, state-of-the-art coverage of current and emerging technologies." — Samuel Nunn, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

 

"Police Technology "is truly a one-stop-shop technology overview, whether the student is a basic police recruit; a midlevel manager who now realizes he or she must be `up' on ail this or become irrelevant; or, a chief or sheriff who aspires to truly understand his or her agency's technology plan and how to successfully manage it to reach important departmental and community goals." — Dave Pettinari, Pueblo County (Colorado) Sheriff's Office

 

"Police Technology reflects a great deal of research and insight into the combined areas of Information Technology and Law Enforcement Management of Technology." — Wayne Eveland (Captain, New Jersey State Police, Retired), Director Of Technical Marketing, Motorola"Police Technology "is well-researched, well-written, welt-referenced, and provides exceptionally clear and appropriate examples." — William L. Tafoya, University Of New Haven