RE: "Cleaning Up The Streets"
I just saw a preview for an ABC7 (WJLA) news segment for Monday night's 11:00 PM telecast. Looks like residents in the Nation's Capital are pressuring the Metropolital Police Dept to "clean up the streets" in certain neighborhoods. Must be sweeps again.
I know some of you guys cross the river to fanticize, so maybe you want to watch it to see which specific areas to avoid.
Where is the ACLU on this one?
The "video vigilante" strikes again in Oklahoma City, OK. This time he used a drone with a camera attached to videotape a man and woman inside a vehicle who were allegedly having sex for money. Then he turned over the tape to OKC police who have now charged the pair with the crime of performing a lewd act.
With the state's use of video captured by drones, there will be no such thing as privacy any more. And of course law enforcement and prosecutors will be using these video surveillance methods to seek and destroy the scourge of prostitution!
You can read it for yourself on this website:
[URL]http://www.thesmokinggun.com[/URL]
As Tiny Tim said, "God bless us, every one!"
There's always a "work-around"
[QUOTE=Derringer;2707713]The "video vigilante" strikes again in Oklahoma City, OK. This time he used a drone with a camera attached to videotape a man and woman inside a vehicle who were allegedly having sex for money. Then he turned over the tape to OKC police who have now charged the pair with the crime of performing a lewd act.
With the state's use of video captured by drones, there will be no such thing as privacy any more. And of course law enforcement and prosecutors will be using these video surveillance methods to seek and destroy the scourge of prostitution!
You can read it for yourself on this website:
[URL]http://www.thesmokinggun.com[/URL]
As Tiny Tim said, "God bless us, every one!"[/QUOTE]The American spirit of ingenuity being what it is, I doubt that this scenario will reign supreme or unchallenged for long. Look for countermeasures to arise sooner or later. Those may include the use of reflectors (similar to what one spreads out across the windshield in the summertime, in order to keep one's car interior cool) on all the windows, or it may even be hacking software (which already exists) to take control of the drone, or a limited-range jammer to interfere with the drone's ability to receive a signal from the control unit. A van, of course, with curtains for the rear space, has always been a good option, as long as one locks the doors). From the SW's perspective, they might opt to change tactics by operating around certain venues likeconvenience stores, Wal*Marts, etc. , and choose to be found in the transition spaces (parking lots) of those places. The point is, as LEO and vigilantes update their tactics, so too will those on the other side of the equation. Pleasure and profit, two of man's main goals, are big motivators.