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Pinellas Puts Facial Recognition in Patrol Cars
Isomorphic writes "Despite criticism by rights-advocates, the meltdown of a similar system used by the nearby Tampa Police (previous /. story here),
and a zero-hit two-year track record, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office is putting facial recognition systems into 50 patrol cars. Even more ridiculous is the claim that the system is voluntary."
With Law enforcement demanding more and more tools, and tools that are more and more bigbrotherish each time, how long until we actually have laws that say people who mindlessly use tools without using their heads do jailtime equivalent to the judicial error they cause? (You accuse wrongfully someone of second degree murder because you didn't do a proper investigation, you do second degree murder time). Oh, and let's put it in the books that if a police union(or police department) tries to cover up something like this, not only do they commit a felony, but they share the punishment too.
Maybe this way everyone will be happy. We'll be giving law enforcement tools, but they'll actually be afraid of using them(and messing up). Fear of messing up seems to be underrepresented IMHO.
What would probably make people safer is if they took that money and applied to hiring a neighborhood officer who walked the area and actually knew and talked to the people in his area.
When something that is proven not to work keeps getting bought by a govt agency:
* It's not their money. It's yours.
* someone is doing someone else a favor, or cashing in.
Follow the money.
For every annoying gentoo user, are three even more annoying anti-gentoo crybabies. Take Yosh from #Gimp for example.
You have the right to wear this burka, if you choose not to wear this burka you will have facial recognition software troll through our database.
Degaussing scares the bad magnetism out of the monitor and fills it with good karma.
Grant any power to government in order to control your neighbors, and that same power will be used to control YOU.
....yet.
In order to be free, you must guarantee the freedom of the least desirable member of society as well. Anything else is tyranny. If you don't think it is tyranny, it's only because your particular choices which define freedom for YOU haven't been restricted
Liberty is not safe, it is not comfortable, it is not easy.
Slavery is very safe, and very easy. Just relax and give in. Do as you're told. Step out of the car and identify yourself when told. All very easy.
Bob-
The Ludwig von Mises Institute. The reasoning individuals economics
Sheriff Everett Rice on Wednesday said his deputies are not [*] being instructed to search for criminals and that the photos would be taken only if there was "cause to arrest." ... ...
Deputies are not [*] supposed to use the technology to take random pictures of people in public, said Rice.
"We don't [*] force people," he added.
* = yet
<grrr>
This is like searching your car. They have no probable cause, so they have to ask:
"Mind if I search your car?"
"You may not."
"Refusal is probable cause that you're hiding something. Step out of the car and put your hands on the hood." They then search your car.
If you don't like it, take it up with the judge (who happens to work for the same people the police do, and is rated by CONVICTIONS).
Bob-
The Ludwig von Mises Institute. The reasoning individuals economics