Maria (Maki) Haberfeld
Dr. Maria (Maki) Haberfeld is a Professor of Police Science, at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City and Chair of the department of Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration. She holds a PhD in Criminal Justice from City University of New York. She served in the Israeli Defense Forces in a counter-terrorist unit and left the army at the rank of a Sergeant. Later she served in the Israel National Police and left the force at the rank of Lieutenant. She is one of the co-creators of Police Leadership Program for the NYPD sworn officers and the Academic Director of this program since its creation in 2001. In addition, she has created the Law Enforcement Leadership Institute for Police Chiefs in NY State and created an on-line Law Enforcement Leadership Certificate. She has trained police forces around the country and the world including, the Dominican Republic, Czech Republic, Poland, India, China, Cyprus, Turkey, Mongolia, Taiwan and conducted research in over 70 police departments in the US and in 35 countries.
Dr. Haberfeld also developed and trained some units of the US Military forces, including the U.S. Marines.
She has published 22 academic books on policing and over 50 book chapters and journal articles in peer reviewed publications. Her books were translated into 3 languages and are used by police departments around the country and around the world.
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This paper addresses the varying levels of training preparedness and legal challenges facing the American local law enforcement agencies in the Digital Age.
From the example of the New York City Police Departments’ multiple units like: the SMART Unit (Social Media and Research Team), Real Crime Unit, Domain Awareness and Vehicle Recognition Unit to the overview of the majority of smaller police departments that have very limited, if any, type of preparedness.
The majority of police departments in the United States are staffed with less than 50 sworn officers and the Digital Age policing challenges are numerous and addressed in a very uneven manner. However, the larger departments, like the N.Y.P.D., can provide a template for a more professional and effective response.
Finally, what will be analyzed and addressed, in addition the different modalities of numerous tactical responses embedded in the creation of the specialized units, are the legal aspects of these initiatives. Some of the legal challenges facing the specialized unit will be discussed while, focusing on the hurdles in obtaining legal subpoenas for the information posted on various social media platforms like the Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat.