A Law Enforcement Innovation Initiative?
The Defense Innovation Initiative (DII) is a DOD-wide initiative “to pursue innovative ways to sustain and advance the capabilities of the ‘force of the future,’” involving two key effort: the Defense Innovation Unit-Experimental (DIUx) in Silicon Valley and the Long-Range Research and Development Program Plan (LRRDPP).
According to the DII website:
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The Defense Innovation Initiative (DII) is a DOD-wide initiative “to pursue innovative ways to sustain and advance the capabilities of the ‘force of the future,’” involving two key effort: the Defense Innovation Unit-Experimental (DIUx) in Silicon Valley and the Long-Range Research and Development Program Plan (LRRDPP).
According to the DII website:
The purpose of the DIUx is to position the Department of Defense to be “more open to the infusion of non-traditional technical ideas and talent” and to “create a hub for increased communication with, knowledge of, and access to innovating, high-tech start-up companies and entrepreneurs and their leading edge technologies."
The LRRDDP was designed to help the Department "better understand and prioritize new or unconventional application of technology in an effort to provide the U.S. with significant military technological advantage into the future."
My question is “Why isn’t there a similar Law Enforcement Innovation Initiative?” Surely the establishment of such a technology-focused initiative would help law enforcement cope more effectively with problems such as “going dark”, at least as compared to advancing legislative solutions that attempt to freeze the technological status quo. At the very least, national law enforcement agencies should be pursuing such a path in addition to advancing legislative solutions. But to the best of my knowledge, they are not. Why not?
