Officer Big Brother in da Hood

"Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message
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> The chief of the LAPD Bill Bratton is on the KTLA Morning News right
> now describing a new prototype system they have installed on one of
> their squad cars. It has 4 cameras (he claims 360 degree coverage) and
> computer software that can recognize licence plates and faces. As the
> patrol car drives down the street, it is constantly checking the
> licence plates for stolen vehilce reports and comparing the faces to
> known gang-bangers and other "undesirable" persons.
>
> According to the report, the prototype squad car has been deployed in
> the Rampart division (of Raphael Perez fame).

Is this the same Rampart division featured in the Hollywood film "The Glass
Shield"? Why on Earth would they give that particular division brand-new
prototypical gear?

LA politicians are idiots. That's why.

On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, dr.benway wrote:

> LA politicians are idiots.

As opposed to the other kind of politician?

Scott en Aztlán wrote:

> The chief of the LAPD Bill Bratton is on the KTLA Morning News right
> now describing a new prototype system they have installed on one of
> their squad cars. It has 4 cameras (he claims 360 degree coverage) and
> computer software that can recognize licence plates and faces. As the
> patrol car drives down the street, it is constantly checking the
> licence plates for stolen vehilce reports and comparing the faces to
> known gang-bangers and other "undesirable" persons.
>
> According to the report, the prototype squad car has been deployed in
> the Rampart division (of Raphael Perez fame).

They do what a normal cop would do, only more efficiently. One squad car now
be as efficient as several.