To what extent does modern technology pose new challenges for the police in balancing liberty and order concerns.

Technology - the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes. Ethics - the moral principles governing or influencing conduct. (Little 2002) The definitions of the above are unique in the fact that they can be completely at harmony with each other or mortal enemies. The police cannot operate without information and have in recent years become more intelligence-led focussed. Most forces have moved away from the reactive style of policing into a more modern community focussed …

…by child sex offenders. I am of the opinion that with the speed and growth of change, the effects of a consumer-led society, greater population mobility and population growth. The ageing population and the apparent loss of public respect and trust of each other and in their public services suggest that the challenge facing policing will become much more complex in the future and certainly within the context of fairly balancing liberty and orders concerns.