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Senator Pushes For Cameras On Cop Handguns
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| May 12, 2008
| A.P.
Posted on 05/12/2008 5:34:43 PM PDT by Sonny M
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I actually happen to like this idea. I think the whole Sean Bell trial never ever even would have happened if there were camera's on the gun.
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posted on
05/12/2008 5:34:44 PM PDT
by
Sonny M
To: Sonny M
Coming soon to a gun near you...
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posted on
05/12/2008 5:36:33 PM PDT
by
Harpo Speaks
(Honk! Honk! Honk! Either it's foggy out, or make that a dozen hard boiled eggs.)
To: Sonny M
How is the camera going to record what prompted the officer to pull his gun in the first place?
To: Sonny M
I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that cops won’t like this idea much. Except to impose it on the public. That they’ll love.
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posted on
05/12/2008 5:38:17 PM PDT
by
John Jorsett
(scam never sleeps)
To: Michael.SF.
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posted on
05/12/2008 5:40:57 PM PDT
by
panaxanax
(Writing in Duncan Hunter 2008!)
To: Michael.SF.
You're absolutely right...It's like cutting up a picture.
What you see is a man with a knife....What you don't see is that he's standing at a butcher block in a butcher shop.
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posted on
05/12/2008 5:42:55 PM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
To: Michael.SF.
How is the camera going to record what prompted the officer to pull his gun in the first place?Since its split seconds, whatever prompted the cop to pull his gun, will still be in view when his gun is pulled, i.e. the situation isn't going to change in 1/10th of a second.
That said, I talked to one of my friends who is a cop, he kind of likes the idea, but his only concern is that other cops may now pull their guns faster or be quicker to draw, just to get the recording started.
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posted on
05/12/2008 5:44:12 PM PDT
by
Sonny M
("oderint dum metuant")
To: Sonny M
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posted on
05/12/2008 5:44:19 PM PDT
by
John Jorsett
(scam never sleeps)
To: John Jorsett
Im going to go out on a limb here and say that cops wont like this idea much. Except to impose it on the public. That theyll love.I already talked to one of my friends who is a cop, he likes the idea, but figures it'll be a mixed bag, some cops will like it, some won't.
Kind of how some cops feel about the dashboard camera's in different parts of the country.
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posted on
05/12/2008 5:46:19 PM PDT
by
Sonny M
("oderint dum metuant")
To: Sonny M
All this will give you is a guns eye view of the scene instead of the cops view of the scene. Two very different things that would only serve to confuse an investigation.
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posted on
05/12/2008 5:46:19 PM PDT
by
Dreagon
To: Sonny M
Nothing like giving the perp a nice bright target to hit - remember “3 on a match” from WWII ???
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posted on
05/12/2008 5:49:52 PM PDT
by
xcamel
(Forget the past and you're doomed to repeat it.)
To: Sonny M
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posted on
05/12/2008 5:51:29 PM PDT
by
John Jorsett
(scam never sleeps)
To: Sonny M
You like this idea? I don't, I think it's a terrible idea that undermines police authority at the expense of public saftey. Which is why:
In the Democrat-led Assembly, Adams and his colleagues in the influential black, Hispanic and Asian caucus like the idea.
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posted on
05/12/2008 5:52:59 PM PDT
by
Baladas
(M)
To: Sonny M
Since its split seconds, whatever prompted the cop to pull his gun, will still be in view when his gun is pulled, i.e. the situation isn't going to change in 1/10th of a second. I'm on the fence on this one. In some cases it could prove the cop was right and in others it may prove him wrong. How many times have we watched a replay in sports, where the call is in dispute? Three camera's three angles and it is still too close to call.
To: Sonny M
It's proprietary technology and there's only one source. I don't like that idea.
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posted on
05/12/2008 5:58:30 PM PDT
by
JoeFromSidney
(My book is out. Read excerpts at http://www.thejusticecooperative.com)
To: Sonny M
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posted on
05/12/2008 5:59:38 PM PDT
by
traviskicks
(http://www.neoperspectives.com/Ron_Paul_2008.htm)
To: Sonny M
It would have been more informative to point out that Eric Adams has made a reputation of being anti-police.
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posted on
05/12/2008 6:12:00 PM PDT
by
ardara
To: Michael.SF.
It can't. We'll end up with disputes and the many of our LEO’s will start to look like the Borg.
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posted on
05/12/2008 6:15:08 PM PDT
by
allmost
To: Sonny M
I have mixed views on this. I think there are some benefits to this, but I'm concerned about this being required on all guns someday. I also am concerned if it affects the functions of the gun making it unsafe for all of us. How would the camera work?
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posted on
05/12/2008 6:20:08 PM PDT
by
Darren McCarty
(Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in - Michael Corleone)
To: Sonny M
Why not have cops wear helmet cams and record their entire day?
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posted on
05/12/2008 6:20:58 PM PDT
by
Mark was here
(The earth is bipolar.)
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