Which feature best describes the impact of technology on investigations?

• A. Increased manual paperwork
• B. Slower information exchange
• C. Enhanced investigations and pattern detection
• D. Reduced access to records

Answer: (C)

Technology in investigations speeds up data collection, storage, and analysis, and helps reveal connections and patterns that are hard to see manually. With digital databases, analytics, digital forensics, and information-sharing platforms, investigators can link people, places, and events, reconstruct timelines, and spot trends that guide case development. This combination—better information access and powerful pattern-detection capabilities—best describes how tech enhances investigations.

The other possibilities don’t fit because they imply things that technology typically reduces or slows, such as more manual paperwork or slower information exchange, and they overlook how digital records and interoperability generally increase access to information for investigations.