Modern Marvels

Season 7, Episode 10

Episode Title: Police Technology

Air Date: 2000-03-15

Overview:

When police forces were born in the 1800s, British “bobbies” made due with a billy club. Public wariness and institutional resistance to change held back technological advances for much of the 20th century. But in the last decades, police have been swept up in a technological revolution that has transformed nearly all aspects of crime fighting.