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This does sound pretty dystopian but it's really no different from apps that allow people to report potholes, missing signage etc. The actual enforcement will b
by gerikson 5y ago
This does sound pretty dystopian but it's really no different from apps that allow people to report potholes, missing signage etc. The actual enforcement will be left to the police anyway.
- SllX 5y agoThere is a difference if this can provide significant revenue and cut costs for the police. The police department itself is also a different entity than the department that repairs potholes and fixes signage: the latter doesn’t have any law enforcement powers.
- gerikson 5y agoAs far as I can see, the app in question is in the UK, which does not fund its police forces via fines. Of course other dynamics can appear in locales that do.
- SllX 5y agoA contributor to that dynamic is that it isn’t always going straight towards the police department: it’s corrupting even if it is going into a general fund for the locality which sets the police budget. Further, that doesn’t address the potential for decreased costs for law enforcement.