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devil21
12-03-2013, 04:19 AM
Snitching and brown-shirting goes smartphone friendly.

http://www.wccbcharlotte.com/story/using-your-phone-to-help-cops-solve-crimes-20131202


MONROE, NC - When seconds count, Union County Deputies say text messaging could help them catch criminals faster.
The county is testing Nex Gen, a new tool developed in part by former FBI agent Richard Shaffer.
It starts with a call to 911. Dispatch can send you a text with a link to upload a picture. Once they get it, they can distribute it to police officers in the field.
"It accelerates the opportunity for law enforcement to identify and hopefully resolve sensitive matters," Shaffer says.
That could include sending anything from photos of a missing person to a hit-and-run suspect.
"To our knowledge, this is the first true platform that can move MMS data from a wireless phone, to the 911 center, and back to the officer in real time," he says.
Nex Gen creators point to the Boston Bombings as an example of how the technology could be used.
Suspects were identified by photos.
They say similar shots taken by people in the crowd could have been distributed to hundreds of officers immediately.
9th District Congressman Robert Pittenger thinks this program could be used as a model for the rest of the country.
"I want to take it back to my members of Congress. I'm going to let it go through this test phase, and look at the results and then be able to convey back to them. But there's no question in my mind, this is going to be a very positive commitment toward law enforcement," Pittenger says.
The program will be paid for with money recovered from drug operations.
The total cost will be determined after the test phase.

phill4paul
12-03-2013, 06:50 AM
The program will be paid for with money recovered from drug operations.

Of course it will. Adding more incentive for asset forfeiture.

Anti Federalist
12-03-2013, 07:20 AM
Of course it will. Adding more incentive for asset forfeiture.

You don't own anything, anyway, Mundane.

It's all on loan from the state.

Anti Federalist
12-03-2013, 07:22 AM
See Something Say Something.

phill4paul
12-03-2013, 07:34 AM
You don't own anything, anyway, Mundane.

It's all on loan from the state.

Quite right. The Constitution doesn't say "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the happiness which comes through the acquiring and possession of personal property."

otherone
12-03-2013, 07:46 AM
Quite right. The Constitution doesn't say "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the happiness which comes through the acquiring and possession of personal property."

LOL!
You are misquoting the DoI, not the Constitution.
But yeah, the DoI says the "pursuit" of happiness is a Right, not the "having" of happiness. :p

phill4paul
12-03-2013, 07:49 AM
LOL!
You are misquoting the DoI, not the Constitution.
But yeah, the DoI says the "pursuit" of happiness is a Right, not the "acquisition" of happiness. :p

Gaack! Quite right. DoI. Coffee just finished percolating. :o

ClydeCoulter
12-03-2013, 07:49 AM
LOL!
You are misquoting the DoI, not the Constitution.
But yeah, the DoI says the "pursuit" of happiness is a Right, not the "having" of happiness. :p

And happiness always seems to be dangling on that string just right up ahead of you. Who's got the other end of that dang string! :D :eek:

devil21
12-05-2013, 02:21 AM
Gaack! Quite right. DoI. Coffee just finished percolating. :o

Actually, based purely on the language of your statement, you were correct. The Constitution doesn't say that. :)