Posted on 10/24/2014 7:29:38 AM PDT by palmer
A Silicon Valley startup has developed technology to let dispatchers know when a police officer's weapon has been fired.
The latest product by Yardarm Technologies would notify dispatchers in real time when an officer's gun is taken out of its holster and when it's fired. It can also track where the gun is located and in what direction it was fired.
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I want a phone app that lets ME fire cops’ guns for them. It would make those lonely patrols so much more interesting.
Some politician’s brother in law probably got paid millions of tax payer dollars for this idea.
So, what size is the battery that’s required for this to operate?
EMP renders all electronics inert....
smart guns (fail-safe = non inoperable?)
cameras
door locks
Gun safes with electronic locks
firearm use notification
KYPD
non inoperable = non functioning or inoperable.....
derp
My guess is lithium or they might use a disposable 12v L1028. Those can power a lot of RF but they don’t last. So they would order 1000’s and replace them regularly.
And when TPTB decide you must have such a device before you can be permitted to exercise your 2A rights?
” And when TPTB decide you must have
such a device before you can be
permitted to exercise your 2A rights?”
This is not a Second Amendment issue. Them carrying has nothing to do with rights. They carry on behalf of the government, often well outside gun laws. Open carry for one.
For most of us, exercising rights doesn’t exist on the job.
Do you not understand that once one of these electronic firearm control/tracking technologies is made to work in any venue, whether law enforcement, military or whatever, it is only a matter of a short while before it is required for all firearms? This has nothing to do with police other than they are a convenient justification for the developer to get paid by the taxpayer while gaining a politically justifiable testbed. If his technology proves viable do you not think he'll have lobbyists swarming every legislature in the country to get his technology mandated for every firearm? Camel's nose. Tent. Don't you get it?
“Do you not understand that once one of these electronic firearm control/tracking technologies is made to work in any venue, whether law enforcement, military or whatever, it is only a matter of a short while before it is required for all firearms? This has nothing to do with police other than they are a convenient justification for the developer to get paid by the taxpayer while gaining a politically justifiable testbed. If his technology proves viable do you not think he’ll have lobbyists swarming every legislature in the country to get his technology mandated for every firearm? Camel’s nose. Tent. Don’t you get it? “
I think you are reaching there. The practicality issues of such technology would make such general use impossible. It would alert simply for drawing a weapon? How many guns would be extra clean? And a battery powered device would have little value, as all you’d do is let the battery die.
This is not going to have much civilian applications. But it’s LE applications are considerable. A cop fires his weapon automatically alerts to a shooting event. And if it tracks when he draws it, then it can be used to reign in the abusers who like to threaten people with a gun. Also, it will likely go through the car’s repeater to limit excess battery usage.
The hazards of this technology are minimal. Yes, it can be abused, much like a lot of technology. But we can’t freeze ourselves in the 90’s or 80’s out of fear of using technology.
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