FBI's 'Most Wanted' turns 60; this town wants its own list

By | March 10, 2010, 10:20am PST

Summary: The FBI celebrates a unique policy anniversary. Other police departments are considering the same approach.

The FBI celebrates a unique policy anniversary today - the FBI Most Wanted (Fugitives) List created 60 years ago. There have been more than few high profile criminals caught through the publication format.

In a FBI press release, Director Mueller stated a few highlights;

In 1949, a reporter for the International News Service (the predecessor to United Press International) approached the FBI and asked about writing a story about the “toughest guys” being sought by the FBI at the time. The Bureau provided the names and descriptions of 10 fugitives to the reporter. The resulting feature became a major story and gained national attention. As a consequence of overwhelming public interest, on March 14, 1950, then-Director J. Edgar Hoover inaugurated the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives program.

Since then, the FBI, through the “Top Ten” list, has been asking for help from the public to locate America’s most dangerous fugitives. The response has been impressive. Since 1950, 494 fugitives have appeared on the list; 463 have been apprehended or located, with 152 of those fugitives located as a direct result of citizen cooperation.

Other police departments are considering the same approach as the FBI in publicizing a Most Wanted list and / or Top 10 list. Police in Abbotsford, B.C think it will help find some of the “Top 10 Gangsters”

In a Vancouver Sun article Abbotsford Police spokesperson Ian MacDonald said;

“the formation of the list is partly a deterrent, and meant to send a clear message to criminals.’”

“We will be arresting those people on the top 10 list.”

The list will also feature gang members not living in Abbotsford, but who do most of their work here, and any information the APD has will be shared with other police departments across the Lower Mainland, said MacDonald.

With new technology and applications, can the FBI adapt the Most wanted list using new techniques? Imagine 3D data sets along with lists identifying items and a set of files available for download, and reports of where the person is believed to be.

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Biography

Doug Hanchard

Doug is the principal of Rapid Response Consulting, an advisory group that integrates ICT solutions. He has worked at some of the largest telecommunications firms in Canada, including Bell Canada, Telus and AT&T and is a guest lecturer for several universities and associations. He serves on several advisory boards in Canada and the United States.

Starting with a new national ISP in 1993 in sales, positioning internet access, web sites and network services began the path of telecommunications technologies from the early Bulletin Board Services (BBS) to the first web pages for commercial clients.

Became the National Data Network Service Manager for Frame Relay and Internet access for AccTel Enterprises which was acquired (after 3 mergers already) by AT&T Canada. Interested in how marketing could expand service availability, he moved to Telus to become the Frame Relay / ATM Product Manager and expanded the network across Canada. In 2002 he went to Bell Canada becoming a Solution Architect to get back to his passion for technology working with enterprise clients. In 2006, became the Director of R&D and Senior Solution Architect for Bell Canada Security Solutions Inc, developing I.P. based physical and logical security platforms and ICT services.

This position created new commercial concepts such as Crisis and Disaster technology solutions required for emergency use after an event occurred. He designed interoperable technologies and application combinations allowing any to any I.P. service through landline, broadband, satellite and wireless technologies to be deployed anywhere

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