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by rmxt 11y ago
Spelling it as the president spells it -- Barack -- shows a jump from nonexistent to "something" right around 2009. I wouldn't go so far as to call it noise because it's more than just coincidence, but it's still on
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by rmxt 11y ago
As I've indicated elsewhere in this thread, I am completely fine with both beat patrols and body cameras for reasons I've given elsewhere. (In short: the discretion that a beat cop uses in their daily patrol lends itself better to
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by rmxt 11y ago
Care to share the Amazon link where I can get me one of these Dirtboxes? Or what about the high-resolution 360 degree cameras plus tracking/ID software that they are presumably using? Oh, you mean that they aren't AGPL licensed? S
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by rmxt 11y ago
Ok, no sweat off my back. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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by rmxt 11y ago
Instead of smarmily moving the goal posts with these decreasingly relevant questions, why not add some of your own opinions or retorts to the points I've been trying to make? I don't find speeding cameras detestable, if indeed the
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by rmxt 11y ago
I don't see how you can argue you with a straight (or smug, in your case) face that body cameras are the same as unfiltered, mass, indiscriminate and wholesale video recording of an entire metro area. Body cameras are subject to the vi
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by rmxt 11y ago
If indeed these drones are using Dirtboxes and are indiscriminately tracking people based on cell phone signatures, then I would posit that the combination of [1] and [2], and ongoing issues like [3], make what law enforcement is doing Balt
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by rmxt 11y ago
Those helicopters pursuing O.J. were private helicopters, not subject to jurisdictional restrictions or limitations on their interactions with general citizens. Police Departments have explicit charters that state their purpose and scope. L
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by rmxt 11y ago
I would have a problem with that, as I still think that the PD should be required to have articuable suspicion to collect information on any and all who may be caught on camera. It's inevitable that some people caught on video camera
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by rmxt 11y ago
I am not sure I understand your question. I do see a difference, and that's exactly what I'm pointing out. Video cameras cannot see into homes and they require their attention to be focused on a particular area. Video cameras&#x27
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by rmxt 11y ago
What is a "hot zone"? People obstructing traffic and breaking a few windows merits recording the location of every cell phone (basically every person over the age of 10) for an extended period of time? That's textbook &quot
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by rmxt 11y ago
I stand fast by the notion that they shouldn't be performing general "intelligence operations", nor should they be recruiting the FBI to so on their behalf. They should be proactively fighting crime, but that doesn't nee
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by rmxt 11y ago
You made the Godwin leap that the GP avoided, and putting words in another's mouth like that is an unfortunate way of polarizing discussion. They shouldn't fly an airplane over their jurisdiction without an express specific intent
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by rmxt 11y ago
Jacking and lifting of houses are typically done when it's a relatively "static" issue that was improperly addressed when first built. For example, certain soils (mainly clays, very fine grained soils) compress and undergo co
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by rmxt 11y ago
Ah, I might have mistook your surprise for an assumption in the other direction. I agree, I do not think that crime levels justify this sort of expenditure or monitoring. Maybe part of the appeal for law enforcement here is something that e
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by rmxt 11y ago
I know that the amount of gun violence in the US is sometimes a shock to Europeans/foreigners in general, but I think a more pertinent question for most Americans is "Is the cost/benefit ratio worth it? Is this a proper alloc
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by rmxt 11y ago
Thanks for the insight. Might you be able to guess how the Bluetooth on/off/on and visible settings work for visibility for passive listening? If my phone is linked/paired with my Bluetooth headset but not visible to other de
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by rmxt 11y ago
For the average iPhone-toting person whose location is the one being plotted, what does their phone have to be set to in order for this to work? Do they have to have a specific app installed? Does Bluetooth merely have to be turned on? What
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by rmxt 11y ago
I don't do my job with a gun or a mandate to maintain law and order. To reiterate your earlier point: any comparison to any other job is an unfair one. It doesn't matter how I would behave if someone were looking over my shoulder,
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by rmxt 11y ago
Do you think your median cop in the US actually deals with "violent offenders" on a daily basis? If so, who defines what a "violent offender" is? (Hint: it's probably the police officer him/herself, a pretty se
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by rmxt 11y ago
It's not "every document the police" have, it's every document that a specific office in the police department has. It's an enormous amount of documents, but it's pretty clear that the tactic that the OPA is us
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by rmxt 11y ago
Why aren't they all digital now, in 2015? Here's some brainstorming: have a precinct or two run a trial where all field notes must be taken on a department tablet. Have a field for sensitive info. This field is automatically redac
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by rmxt 11y ago
Unions are part of the problem to the extent that they nurture the culture that tolerates and promotes behaviors like the ones discussed in the article, e.g., "trickling" documents in a manner that is legal (but against the spirit
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by rmxt 11y ago
Maybe I shouldn't have included the "blue" remark in my original comment. Perhaps it's not a red/blue issue, but I do think that there's a geographic component to it. I completely agree that unprofessionalism c
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by rmxt 11y ago
I immediately thought..."you must work in Vermont, Oregon, or a blue part of the Midwest, or some place like that." Judging from your profile, looks like I was right. I wish this mentality and culture were more pervasive across th
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by rmxt 11y ago
My apologies for the dismissive tone in my first post. I can't and didn't downvote any of your posts. I misinterpreted your "don't listen to this advice" to be the strict opposite of what your explanation was: &quot
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by rmxt 11y ago
I get that you're trying to be edgy, but none of those are full-on substitutes for the the results of evidence-backed medical trials. They are great in conjunction with standard pharmacological and therapeutic approaches, but might end
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by rmxt 11y ago
It's called "courtesy" on the subway, but the analogous traits are "empathy" and "earnestness" in general discourse. My point was less about the specific trait and more that often times we can encourage&#x
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You left out the best part of that quote, which is part of that last sentence: "however they did amount "to a practice of inhuman and degrading treatment", which is in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights, articl
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by rmxt 11y ago
No, sorry, that statement wasn't meant to be exclusionary. People of all living situations and ages could definitely find it abhorrent. Just expressing my opinion that that specific demographic would likely slant extremely heavily towa

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