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It could also expose police officers to incredible dangers. Q: What if Jane X. Badgal were to fill a laptop case with explosives and a GPS/camera, then look fo

It could also expose police officers to incredible dangers. Q: What if Jane X. Badgal were to fill a laptop case with explosives and a GPS/camera, then look for someone's open car near a police station and leave the device in it? A: Police officer grabs device, remote detonation happens, with little evidence to go on.

daveloyall 11y ago
Oh, interesting. Also, poison or biological agents.
dogma1138 11y ago
I'm pretty sure if some one wanted to blow up or kill cops there would be quite an easier way to do so. Also the likelihood of someone being deranged enough to want to do it, and be capable of rigging a GPS and Camera to a laptop filled with explosives while being able to get their hands on explosives which could fit in a modern laptop is pretty slim. If any "dangerous" incident will happen it will be more likely if a plain cloths police officer will open some one's car door in sight of the owner and the owner over reacts and lashes out. Some one booby trapping electronics to blow up cops what is this a 90's action film? Next they'll rig a police cruiser to explode if they go below 60.... P.S. I'm sure that if some one puts a bomb in a laptop that would be more than "little to no evidence", the bomb components, explosives used, the car and who ever drove it there, that's a mountain of forensic evidence right there....
- chillingeffect 11y ago
  See, you made the same mistake the successful deranged person would have fooled the police into making: You said the car would be part of the evidence. But go back and read what I wrote: the psycho puts the bomb into someone else's already open car. The car is a distraction. > there would be quite an easier way to do so First, psychos are not rational evaluators. Second, setting a bomb in a public place is a lot easier than sniping cops. There's no need to run, there's no head-to-head confrontation. The weapon can be untraceably manufactured in one's home - you can't just whip together a decent sniper rifle. > Some one booby trapping electronics to blow up cops what is this a 90's action film? That was a witty phrase in the Aughts to shut down outsiders in security circles, but since then, there have been growing cases of snipers attacking police. It's reality, unfortunately and this policy increases the attack surface of officer security. [ 1 2 3 4 ]. [ 1 ] http://abcnews.go.com/US/suspect-pennsylvania-cop-shooting-sharpshooting-survivalist/story?id=25545808 http://abcnews.go.com/US/suspect-pennsylvania-cop-shooting-s... [ 2 ] http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/13/us/dallas-police-headquarters-shooting/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/13/us/dallas-police-headquarters-... [ 3 ] http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sniper-kills-two-officers-later-shot-in-va/ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sniper-kills-two-officers-later-... [ 4 ] http://gothamist.com/2013/07/05/police_search_for_sniper_who_shot_r.php http://gothamist.com/2013/07/05/police_search_for_sniper_who...

daveloyall 11y ago

Oh, interesting. Also, poison or biological agents.

dogma1138 11y ago

I'm pretty sure if some one wanted to blow up or kill cops there would be quite an easier way to do so. Also the likelihood of someone being deranged enough to want to do it, and be capable of rigging a GPS and Camera to a laptop filled with explosives while being able to get their hands on explosives which could fit in a modern laptop is pretty slim. If any "dangerous" incident will happen it will be more likely if a plain cloths police officer will open some one's car door in sight of the owner and the owner over reacts and lashes out. Some one booby trapping electronics to blow up cops what is this a 90's action film? Next they'll rig a police cruiser to explode if they go below 60.... P.S. I'm sure that if some one puts a bomb in a laptop that would be more than "little to no evidence", the bomb components, explosives used, the car and who ever drove it there, that's a mountain of forensic evidence right there....

chillingeffect 11y ago
See, you made the same mistake the successful deranged person would have fooled the police into making: You said the car would be part of the evidence. But go back and read what I wrote: the psycho puts the bomb into someone else's already open car. The car is a distraction. > there would be quite an easier way to do so First, psychos are not rational evaluators. Second, setting a bomb in a public place is a lot easier than sniping cops. There's no need to run, there's no head-to-head confrontation. The weapon can be untraceably manufactured in one's home - you can't just whip together a decent sniper rifle. > Some one booby trapping electronics to blow up cops what is this a 90's action film? That was a witty phrase in the Aughts to shut down outsiders in security circles, but since then, there have been growing cases of snipers attacking police. It's reality, unfortunately and this policy increases the attack surface of officer security. [ 1 2 3 4 ]. [ 1 ] http://abcnews.go.com/US/suspect-pennsylvania-cop-shooting-sharpshooting-survivalist/story?id=25545808 http://abcnews.go.com/US/suspect-pennsylvania-cop-shooting-s... [ 2 ] http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/13/us/dallas-police-headquarters-shooting/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/13/us/dallas-police-headquarters-... [ 3 ] http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sniper-kills-two-officers-later-shot-in-va/ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sniper-kills-two-officers-later-... [ 4 ] http://gothamist.com/2013/07/05/police_search_for_sniper_who_shot_r.php http://gothamist.com/2013/07/05/police_search_for_sniper_who...