-In Furtado Et Al.’S (2010) Article On Collective...

-In Furtado et al.’s (2010) article on collective intelligence in law enforcement, they focused on the utility of anonymous mass collaboration through sites like WikiCrimes. Ideally, this would help circumvent some of the current obstacles in law enforcement, which includes promoting greater transparency between police departments and the public, which would in turn encourage more citizen interest and cooperation. This would then allow agencies to collect and analyze information from a larger sample size and address crimes that are problematic for being under-reported. One main of the issues that they discussed in regards to using online mass collaborations is the lack of credibility that comes with relying on anonymous sources. One can†¦show more content†¦Agent interaction with the Information Layer will help to identify the agents that are breaking this social norm. These interactions will indicate how much trust the users of the system have in that information. -Thus, concerns over the reliability of data collect from unknown sources can be alleviated as law enforcement agencies have access to programs that are able to analyze and authenticate their information. -In regard to what information the organization should focus on and sources are deemed acceptable, as long as researchers choose to observe popular site like Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, LinkedIn, etc. and avoid other sites or taking actions that are considered inappropriate by policy standards most investigators are free to collect whatever data they feel is important as there are usually little to no formal procedure to follow. The only issue that may arise is collecting data from sites that promote extremely controversial ideologies or cover taboo subjects as those sites generally attract the kind of criminals that are destined to end up in federal prison. Some department chairs will deny any investigation towards those sites as they feel it is beyond their capabilities and that would rather not gamble with the department’s reputation and bring unwanted scrutiny by the media. -Another concern that prevents law enforcement agencies from investing in social media intelligence, depending on what issues they are planning to tackle, is the sheer amount of raw data