Information Technology

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The Sheriff's Office enjoys the benefits of many of today's cutting-edge technologies to perform its functions of law enforcement and public safety more effectively. A glimpse of some of these technologies includes the following.

  • Digital fingerprint scanning equipment for quick identification and matching of suspects and evidence.
  • Dash-mounted touch screen computers in patrol vehicles that aid officers in dispatching, GIS mapping, retrieving state and local information such as booking photos and warrant information, vehicle license plate information, driver's license status, address premise histories, traffic stop histories for specific vehicles, and report writing.
  • Body-worn cameras record face-to-face enforcement-related contacts (such as those face-to-face), and vehicle-mounted cameras are installed in patrol cars (forward-looking dash cameras and rear-looking back passenger seat cameras).
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems (Drones) expand the Agency’s abilities in locating lost people, property, and criminal evidence; these systems assist in understanding and re-creating vehicle collision scenes, documenting and reconstructing crime scenes, apprehending fugitives who are running or driving away from the police, or those who are hiding in place. We have 3D crash reconstruction software and equipment to document and recreate major injury accidents.
  • Investigative and crime analysis software to study, track, and predict certain types of crime.
  • Electronic police report databases that are shared across many agencies in the county and the prosecutor's office.
  • Digital evidence cameras for detectives and patrol officers.
  • Communications devices such as smartphones and radios.
  • Digital Foresncis analysis of computes, phones, cars, and more.
  • Many other specialized tools for investigations, surveillance, and analysis.

Clark County IT’s Law Support Team collaborates with the Sheriff's Office to research, acquire, and support these and other technologies to magnify the agency's effectiveness and efficiency.