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>> My name is Cane Tomblin and I'm
the special programs administrator

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for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

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My department basically takes all of the
new ideas for enhancements, new systems,

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needs of the investigators or special agents,
and puts those through a decision making process

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to determine which ones will get
resourced and funded and then given

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to a project manager to actually execute.

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Most of our special projects in some
of form [inaudible] relate to how

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to get the most relevant, updated information to
the law enforcement officer that's on the street

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so that when they're pulling over that
car, they know exactly who's driving it,

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what their rap sheet, if they're wanted for any
warrants, if they are a registered sex offender

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or predator, all those kinds
of pieces of information.

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So if you think about the time delay between
pulling someone over for a broken taillight

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and having to know all that vital
information prior to engaging

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with that individual, it's
a pretty serious business.

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And the data that we can provide and that
officer can really make the difference

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between potentially life and death.

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But it's still that moment of when
you pull that individual over,

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you have no idea what situation
you're stepping into.

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We really do our absolute best
to get as much information

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from the right subject matter experts as
we can before we make any kind of decision

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to start a new project or program
or stop a project or program.

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And of course, all that gets tied to the
finite budget that a state agency has.

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So we want to make sure that we're doing
the most good for the taxpayer dollar.

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So I've done two deployments to Iraq
and you know, I got to come home.

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So I went there, I was prepared for the high
threat environment, via training whatever,

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you went through the high-threat environment,
and then you kind of got to come home and relax

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and you're like back in the United States.

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Well for law enforcement
officers, that's every day.

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They're always going into
a high-threat environment.

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So any information that we can give to them
in a timely manner is vitally important.