David,
Could the pilot be over? The article was from Jan 99. The awards have been awarded...
From the Conclave article;
In the "past", the doctor had to call the patient's hospital to have someone fax over the patient's records.
They "used" two hospitals...
Think the other five hospitals might equipped and up and running? How about the those 30 governmental agencies?
Randy sure takes his time in letting anyone know anything.
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From:
NLECTC Law Enforcement & Corrections Technology News Summary
Thursday, April 29, 1999 nlectc.org
"JFK to Get Elite Squad of Cargo Cops in May"
Journal of Commerce (04/27/99) P. 1A; Barnett, Chris
New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport will combat freight thieves and lax security with an elite squad of 15 agents selected from the FBI, New York State Police, New Jersey Port Authority, U.S. Secret Service, and U.S. Customs, which will be deployed next month. The unit--called Katnet after a three-and-a-half year investigation of the same name at JFK--will help protect the more than $1 billion of cargo passing through JFK annually by sharing intelligence with a similar unit at Newark International Airport, which also works with trucking cargo. Katnet will also try to persuade airlines to step up security. "Eighty percent of most cargo theft is related to employee theft or employees providing information to outsiders," said Det. Lt. Robert Caron, squad commander.
"Police Turn High-Tech Around on Those Who Would Steal It"
Journal of Commerce (04/26/99) P. 4A; Banham, Russ
California's San Jose Police Department has a special high-tech crime unit composed of three investigators and a supervisor to deter crimes against computer software and hardware firms. The unit's jurisdiction--Silicon Valley--attracts thieves drawn to lucrative high tech computer equipment. The unit investigates not only the theft of computers and components and related crimes (cargo theft), but also monitors fraudulent Web use and intellectual property theft. The unit, which has been around since 1986, has been experiencing an increase of cargo theft over the past five years, according to its commander, Lieut. Stephen Ronco. The unit places an emphasis on crime prevention, and travels to manufacturing sites to point out both access and internal vulnerabilities. One extremely pervasive problem, cargo theft--which costs insurers more than $3.5 billion a year--is one where an ounce of prevention could lessen the financial damage significantly. According to Peter Politi, chairman of the Inland Marine Underwriters Association's Pacific Coast Advisory Committee, "criminals are not looking for the companies that have armed security and camera surveillance 24 hours a day."
One would almost think that the Insurance companies....never mind, was an idle thought.
steve |
