Police devices and technology comming to a city nere you
Hi, I just got the idea to compile a thread with the new devices that will be implemented or are implemented and less known the for example the now "classic" taser.
The ones in this post is just a few of the many known and less known devices.
_http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16176717/
Devices like the
RapID save police time and money, he said. "And in the end it saves their lives, because they don't let the bad guy go."
But civil liberties groups are keeping an eye on the technology. They're worried such devices could be used to harass people rather than make legitimate identity checks.
"When it's portable it's easier to abuse than if you actually have to get somebody arrested and taken down to the station," said Jeffrey Gamso, legal director of the Ohio chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
You can chew all of the gum you want, but it won't save you from the latest weapon in the police arsenal against individuals driving under the influence. A new device dubbed the "Hawkeye," can record your eye movements/pupil size and accurately determine whether or not you are impared—regardless of the substance used.
Drones like the one you see in the video above might soon be used by the Miami Police Department, serving as an unmanned eye-in-the-sky that can go places where it's too dangerous for human beings to tread. Expected to be rolled out next year first in SWAT team operations, the 14 lb. vehicle is unarmed but can fly just about anywhere, and even goes up to altitudes of 10,500 feet. These particular craft were first tested by Honeywell early last year, and now the FAA has given Miami and Houston permission to use them in their busy airspaces. Cops say they're not going to be using these drones to spy on people. Yet.
Following successful trials, British policemen are to be issued with head cameras while they are on the beat. The £3 million ($6.1 million) scheme, which led to an increase in the number of convictions of offenders when it was tried out in the south-western town of Plymouth, is to be rolled out throughout the country. Three hundred police officers were given access to 50 cameras and body-worn video equipment, which they could strap on during day or night patrols. The visual evidence of crimes meant that it was well-nigh impossible for the perpetrators to get away with it, as was frequently the case. There was less paperwork for the police, less time spent in court, earlier guilty pleas and an increase in convictions.
_http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1043436_police_employ_super_gun
Officers will carry the guns while patrolling possible
terror targets such as Manchester Airport and political party conferences. They could also be used in response to armed incidents and in south Manchester's gangland. But the new gun has led to concern among some firearms officers that a misdirected shot could also pierce police body armour.
Police insist the public are not at increased risk because they would use other less powerful weapons if there was a possibility of anyone being caught in the crossfire.
A police source said: "Criminals and terrorists are wearing body armour and it's imperative that the police service have a response to these individuals and are able to neutralise the threat.
"The new gun will rip through body armour like it's not there. It's an amazingly powerful and penetrative weapon."
It replaces the less powerful Heckler and Koch MP5 and can propel bullets at 920 metres per second and even smash through brick walls.