"Yeah, there's an app for that..."
So who needs an Iphone?
"Yeah, there's an app for that..."
$3,000? What is an iris scanner other than a high-resolution camera? You can buy a dozen megapixel camera for under $100 if the iPhone's camera isn't good enough. Does the other $2,900 pay for the database usage, or is there a separate subscription charge for that too? Even if it includes a fingerprint scanner, those are pretty cheap now.
Some cops appear to be spending "free" federal money for toys instead of law enforcement.
But don’t videotape the cops. It makes them mad.
Can they scan you without your permission?
Of course they can, just like they take DNA without your permission, etc, etc, etc
We are subjects, not citizens.
It will not be long when the police will have the ability of facial recognition in a pair of glasses they will wear.
It will be an invaluable tool in determining if the person you are contacting is wanted or has warrants without asking them for identification.
Officers wearing cameras are going to be widespread in the next five years, greatly in part because of people filming them. This will enhance accountability.
When attached to an iPhone, MORIS can photograph a person's face and run the image through software that hunts for a match in a BI2-managed database of U.S. criminal records. Each unit costs about $3,000Uhhhh ... exsqueeze me?
Or exactly secure. Like from HACKING or illegal use and/or dissemination by some disgruntled queen with a boyfriend problem.
As to the $3K per iPhone app:
Beat Cops in Chicago have some of the crappiest equipment to work with in the USA. Patrol Cars that won't run. Batteries that are dead or die while on patrol (jumper cables are always be called for). In car computers and cameras that don't work. Bald tires, Flat tires and/or no Spare tires -- which they have to change themselves IN UNIFORM if they get a flat and lights and sirens that don't work. And best of all (/s) personal radios that don't work (kinda dangerous imho). Not to mention they're understaffed as to how many Beat Cops they should have on the streets during every shift.So maybe it's just me but I *think* that $3k per app + iphone cost could be spent a bit #$&@ing WISER!
I listen to the CPD Radio Calls every day (like right now) through an on-line scanner. My MIL still lives in Chi and I worry about the old neighborhood and her safety as it's now a gang-banging Mexican Barrio thanks to that asshat Daley.
(I wouldn't be a Chi Cop for $250K per year -- and all tax free!)
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