[logancbrown]

The large distribution of silo'ed law enforcement across the US is one of the driving reasons why it can be so hard to solve crimes (murder, vehicular theft, etc). Once any crime has the potential to cross state or even jurisdiction lines, dealing with the inner-bureaucracy of crossed enforcement agencies adds days to weeks to solving urgent crimes. A distributed system without consideration into how to coalesce the data together is no better of a solution vs what we have today.

[macintux]

> A distributed system without consideration into how to coalesce the data together is no better of a solution vs what we have today.

Unless you'd rather prioritize liberty over safety. I want crimes to be harder to solve if the alternative is a panopticon.

[vablings]

I would like to see some evidence of this demonstrated. I feel a large majority of high-profile cases that went unsolved for a long time most often hinged on incompetence or negligence rather than lack of information sharing.

Also, once crime does cross state lines the local FBI gets involved and they have a lot more resources than a small-town police force

[cliglot]

> often hinged on incompetence or negligence rather than lack of information sharing.

Or just technology. Almost every “50 year old cold case solved” I see is because advancements in DNA processing .