To deal with terrorist threats and high-tech crime, police officers will rely more on training and mentoring, say police experts polled by criminologist Gene Stephens

To deal with terrorist threats and high-tech crime, police officers will rely more on training and mentoring, say police experts polled by criminologist Gene Stephens. "Bioterrorism, identity theft, cyberstalking, and crimes not yet defined will require more intelligent, better educated and trained, and more tech-savvy officers and leaders than are now available in policing.

The 'cowboy' officers drawn to policing to shoot guns, bark orders, and 'kick butt' are unlikely to accept the new role or be competent to fill it," declares Stephens, professor emeritus in the Criminology and Criminal Justice Department at the University of South Carolina, Columbia.

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