Comment Re:A camera can't prevent complaint cases... (Score 1) 152
If the cops have the footage, they'll show it.
If there's a mysterious gap in the video? The jury will most likely believe the arrested.
If the cops have the footage, they'll show it.
If there's a mysterious gap in the video? The jury will most likely believe the arrested.
How much battery do you really need though? Give an iPhone 20x the batteries and I bet you could record an officer's entire shift while also live-streaming the video to headquarters over the cellular network for backup, all in a package lighter than their pistol.
Yeah, that'll work. I can imagine the boys in a data center having a chuckle every time the hot policewomen goes to the toilet.
I think they should have every right to turn off their cameras, nobody should be constantly recorded.
OTOH they should expect a full investigation if they do it when they're in action or interacting with the public.
No, I think the issue is "if only such obvious solutions were actually *implemented*", which is something we'll have to force down their throats, because they certainly aren't going to volunteer to give up their ability to be huge bullies.
I'm pretty sure the "huge bullies" in the police force are in the minority (certainly less than half).
This could help weed them out if implemented.
So....maybe we can also implement some sort of system to combat that?
Maybe the cameras could record the 30 seconds prior to being activated.
Recording to RAM doesn't need much power.
Gee, if only there was a way to address that issue.
Like making them pay for repairs out of their wages, fining them for forgetting to wear their camera, etc.
But... I guess there isn't - because Mr. AC says so.
I'm shocked they can't turn them off. They must be able to turn them off to protect the public's privacy.
Clue: Not all video is uploaded to Youtube.
Power requirements go down a LOT if you're writing to RAM instead of flash memory and not displaying anything on a video screen.
eg. I've seen CMOS sensors that use less than 0.1W.
As noted, battery life would be a problem.
Writing to flash memory needs a surprising amount of electricity.
That depends on how easy it is to turn them on.
It doesn't have to be a fiddly little switch, it can be a great big button. Officers who use it every day will soon get used to hitting it whenever they go into action.
You could even automate it - turn them on if there's a loud sound, use an accelerometer to detect when and officer starts running/fighting, etc.
Obviously the "off" switch is a fiddly little button...
Now you can pay $4000 for a drive that won't last 2 years! Yeah.. sign me up.
With capacity like this they could put in a RAID0 option which halves the capacity but increases the reliability by orders of magnitude. If corruption is detected you can grab the shadow copy, remap it somewhere else, mark the block as bad. The chances of two blocks failing at the exact same time is insignificant.
Right now Windows XP is used on 1 in 4 computers (approx).
I bet you'd be the first in line to complain if Ford stopped supporting a model when it dropped below 1 in 4 of all cars on the road.
Periodic copying, on a copier/xerox, of the contents of your wallet works well. Make sure you copy both sides of credit cards and such, as they have numbers to call for cancellation or replacement. You could even simply scan the contents, then encrypt and store it somewhere.
What is this "copier/xerox/scanner" you speak of? Are you also going to telefax the copy you made to the secure location?
The correct method is to place the document on a wooden table and photograph it with your cellphone.
The thing is, the phone didn't cause this, accident rates have not significantly gone up....these people were always out there...they were just less identifiable.
So now we have an easy way to identify them?
Time to put their insurance premiums through the roof.
Newsflash: it turns out that rules written on pieces of paper don't actually stop the police from arresting you for parody.
...especially when the person you're parodying is a self-important asshole who happens to have the chief of police in his pocket.
I tell them to turn to the study of mathematics, for it is only there that they might escape the lusts of the flesh. -- Thomas Mann, "The Magic Mountain"
