The attacks on the morning of September 11, 2001, forever changed the American outlook. Before the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the perception of the American homeland was that American soil is insulated from attacks. That sense of security was destroyed by mass civilian casualties in the wake of the 9/11 attacks spawning a new period of domestic and international policy. This renewed period of interventionist foreign policy in the Middle East would come to be known as the War on Terror.

Over the past few decades technology has advanced at an astonishing rate; from floppy disks to early progress in artificial intelligence, things have changed the world around us. Many have seen this advance in technology as a good opportunity to address a problem that has stuck with us since the beginning of time: crime.