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NYPD to Receive 'T-Ray' Vision to Detect Concealed Firearms
Arutz Sheva - Israel National News ^ | 1/25/2013, 1:15 AM | Rachel Hirshfeld

Posted on 01/24/2013 5:26:22 PM PST by haffast

The New York Police Department is testing a new device that can detect firearms concealed beneath layers of clothing.

Dubbed “T-Ray,” the machine detects terahertz radiation, a high-frequency electromagnetic natural energy that is emitted by people. It also detects the presence of hidden metal from a distance, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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The boxy machine can be hidden in a vehicle, allowing officers to discreetly scan their target and may provide an alternative to the NYPD's reliance on the controversial tactic of stop-and-frisk, where officers routinely search large numbers of men in high-crime areas, AFP reported.

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The program is being paid for by the U.S. Department of Defense, said Browne, who described the machine as a "multimillion” dollar device, although he wouldn't specify its cost.

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To: haffast

NYPD places full body scanners on the streets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58icxdTpkSg

The way to defeat this is for everyone to carry a wooden pistol.


41 posted on 01/25/2013 5:53:56 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: driftdiver

So DoD is taking part in law enforcement... How is that legal?


42 posted on 01/25/2013 6:49:50 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Wrap it in aluminum foil and you might have something there... but the subjects of NYC will never do it.


43 posted on 01/25/2013 7:24:38 AM PST by messierhunter
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To: muir_redwoods

Or a big belt buckle. False positives is the way to get the devices rmoved. Someone else just looking to make billions selling the device to police departments all across the country. It’s not about protecting “the people” anymore than Oprah being serious about losing weight...lol


44 posted on 01/25/2013 7:35:17 AM PST by jsanders2001
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To: coloradan

> Use of thermal imagers to detect grow operations was thrown out by the Supreme Court. I would expect the same here.

You forget O has “files” on all of the supreme ourt judges and will blackmail them in a New York minute.


45 posted on 01/25/2013 7:38:38 AM PST by jsanders2001
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To: Road Glide
The purpose is to bypass the the Constitutional protection of [unreasonable] search without reasonable suspicion. There is no “search”, per se (as there would be if the device in question transmitted a of signal _toward_ the subject, which would strike the subject and then be reflected back to the device for analysis.

If that were the case then a camera could be implanted in every house w/o the owner's consent because the camera only detects light emissions [and reflections] from other sources.

46 posted on 01/25/2013 7:45:44 AM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Lexinom
>> 2. Chainmail needs to make a comeback.
>
> Magic +3 Chainmail and broadswords. Roll for initiative...

Well, if we can get 3d printing down fine enough we could have the links be (a) without seam, (b) made of interesting alloys, and possibly (c) constructed in such a way as to be fairly bullet proof/resistant.

To the people of a couple hundred years ago, it would be magic chainmail.

47 posted on 01/25/2013 7:51:43 AM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Conscience of a Conservative

“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

BUMP


48 posted on 01/25/2013 8:04:28 AM PST by Amigo04
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To: OneWingedShark

“If that were the case then a camera could be implanted in every house w/o the owner’s consent because the camera only detects light emissions [and reflections] from other sources.”

No, absolutely not.

Because the act of physically placing the camera would become “the intrusion”. Same as the police secretly placing GPS devices on some cars to track the location of the owners without a court order. Good chance that it will be invalidated later on.

Are there not cases of the police using infrared sensors to identify homes where marijuana is being grown under high-intensity lighting? No “active device” is being used here (i.e., something that sends a signal into the house, then reads the result), just “passive monitoring” of energy being generated from within the dwellings.

BIG difference legally.

Take this a step further with the “terahertz detector”, which passively monitors energy being radiated by one’s person.

I’m not any happier about this than you are.
But this is the future that’s coming...


49 posted on 01/25/2013 8:34:33 AM PST by Road Glide
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To: precisionshootist; muir_redwoods

“...carrying a pair of vice grips in a jacket pocket?...”

I’m liking that too. ANY heavy metal tool. Plus, it’s a hell of a striking weapon if you need it.

No one EVER has to be totally disarmed...we’re Americans... Ingenuity is one of our best assets.

Any way you can fight back, you should.

It’s a moral imperative.


50 posted on 01/25/2013 9:33:22 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: OneWingedShark

“...Chainmail...”

Still, to this day, looks absolutely badass, especially when worn by a buxom lady...[don’t ask me how I know this... :^)]


51 posted on 01/25/2013 9:38:59 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: OneWingedShark
To the people of a couple hundred years ago, it would be magic chainmail.

Sure... but does it give you +2 defense? Saving throw versus poisons? What? Sounds like it would only give +1 to 'confuse blacksmith'.
52 posted on 01/25/2013 12:45:31 PM PST by TalonDJ
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To: haffast

Let me get this straight. The Dept of Defense, in other words, “the military”, is providing “weapons” to be used against civilians. It’s becoming all too common.


53 posted on 01/25/2013 10:07:03 PM PST by Terry Mross
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To: haffast

54 posted on 01/27/2013 9:12:50 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (Jab her with a harpoon or just throw her from the train......)
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