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>I should have an app that tells me the name, badge number and location of every officer on duty within ten miles of me, updated in real time, with constant vid

by gozur88 10y ago

>I should have an app that tells me the name, badge number and location of every officer on duty within ten miles of me, updated in real time, with constant video and audio surveillance. That's a great idea. If you're a bank robber.

Mathnerd314 10y ago
It could easily prevent robberies by telling you that an officer is always within 5 minutes of any potential heist. At this point though, most bank robbers are idiots, they show their faces on camera and it's just a matter of time until they're caught (e.g. with this facial recognition database, but mostly people just recognize the photos, although of course there's a false positive positive problem: https://theintercept.com/2016/10/13/how-a-facial-recognition-mismatch-can-ruin-your-life/ https://theintercept.com/2016/10/13/how-a-facial-recognition...). Organized crime has moved on to more lucrative and lower-risk opportunities such as credit card and identity theft.
- abandonliberty 10y ago
  Not sure why you're getting voted down, it's a known fact among experts that physical bank robberies no longer provide good return on risk. Unless you're trying to write a book! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatton_Garden_safe_deposit_burglary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatton_Garden_safe_deposit_bur...
abandonliberty 10y ago
You're right, we should put video trackers on all civilians so we can know what they're doing at all times. Consider how effective it has been at reducing police complains when they wore cameras. Imagine if everyone did. Certainly your concerns about bank robbery could be easily proven false with recent crime rates, but you left out pedophiles, terrorists, and murderers. Let's track everyone and end all crime.
- gozur88 10y ago
  >You're right, we should put video trackers on all civilians so we can know what they're doing at all times. Oh yes, I can see how you got that from what I wrote.

by gozur88 10y ago

Mathnerd314 10y ago

It could easily prevent robberies by telling you that an officer is always within 5 minutes of any potential heist. At this point though, most bank robbers are idiots, they show their faces on camera and it's just a matter of time until they're caught (e.g. with this facial recognition database, but mostly people just recognize the photos, although of course there's a false positive positive problem: https://theintercept.com/2016/10/13/how-a-facial-recognition-mismatch-can-ruin-your-life/ https://theintercept.com/2016/10/13/how-a-facial-recognition...). Organized crime has moved on to more lucrative and lower-risk opportunities such as credit card and identity theft.

abandonliberty 10y ago
Not sure why you're getting voted down, it's a known fact among experts that physical bank robberies no longer provide good return on risk. Unless you're trying to write a book! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatton_Garden_safe_deposit_burglary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatton_Garden_safe_deposit_bur...

abandonliberty 10y ago

You're right, we should put video trackers on all civilians so we can know what they're doing at all times. Consider how effective it has been at reducing police complains when they wore cameras. Imagine if everyone did. Certainly your concerns about bank robbery could be easily proven false with recent crime rates, but you left out pedophiles, terrorists, and murderers. Let's track everyone and end all crime.

gozur88 10y ago
>You're right, we should put video trackers on all civilians so we can know what they're doing at all times. Oh yes, I can see how you got that from what I wrote.