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Police chief denounces 'cowardly' iPhone users monitoring speed traps
The Washington Examiner.com ^ | July 7, 2009 | Hayley Peterson

Posted on 07/17/2009 5:29:04 PM PDT by RoadKingSE

Area drivers looking to outwit police speed traps and traffic cameras are using an iPhone application and other global positioning system devices that pinpoint the location of the cameras.

That has irked D.C. police chief Cathy Lanier, who promised her officers would pick up their game to counteract the devices, which can also help drivers dodge sobriety checkpoints.

"I think that's the whole point of this program," she told The Examiner. "It's designed to circumvent law enforcement -- law enforcement that is designed specifically to save lives."

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chieflanier; dc; iphone; montgomerycounty; redlightcameras
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Hey Police Chief Barbie, I got your friggin speed camera right here!

1 posted on 07/17/2009 5:29:05 PM PDT by RoadKingSE
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To: RoadKingSE

Middle finger to you BITCH!


2 posted on 07/17/2009 5:31:38 PM PDT by US Navy Vet
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It's not about raising revenue, it's not about raising revenue, it's not about raising revenue...

3 posted on 07/17/2009 5:32:07 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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law enforcement that is designed specifically to save lives

Cathy, we know all about those "quotas" to bring in the money...

4 posted on 07/17/2009 5:32:31 PM PDT by John123 (Turn on your teleprompter Obama and read your lips... "No New Taxes!!")
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I think she should be happy that drivers are telling others where these cameras are. Why? Because then the drivers will drive more carefully in the area of these cameras. If it’s all about safety, she should be happy that fewer accidents and reckless driving happen where the cameras are. Why isn’t she happy to gain more publicity about the cameras watching us????


5 posted on 07/17/2009 5:37:06 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: RoadKingSE

Posted a few days ago, which led me to this place to get the software and service on my Blackberry:

http://www.trapster.com/rl/Trapster.php

AND, best of all: It’s FREE...


6 posted on 07/17/2009 5:37:30 PM PDT by dcwusmc (We need to make government so small that it can be drowned in a bathtub.)
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To: John123

http://www.gpsangel.com/?page_id=1&sid=


7 posted on 07/17/2009 5:37:54 PM PDT by bikerman (Buck Farack)
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To: RoadKingSE

It’s all about the m o n e y , anything else is a lie.


8 posted on 07/17/2009 5:38:05 PM PDT by Venturer
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If the goal is safety and people slow down, then they are serving the claimed purpose. However,.......


9 posted on 07/17/2009 5:40:05 PM PDT by Random Access
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Just downloaded the application! Thanks for posting this! :))

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10 posted on 07/17/2009 5:40:22 PM PDT by 50mm (I AM JIM THOMPSON!)
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To: RoadKingSE

11 posted on 07/17/2009 5:42:20 PM PDT by Kukai
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To: Swordmaker

Ping!


12 posted on 07/17/2009 5:42:59 PM PDT by 50mm (I AM JIM THOMPSON!)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

13 posted on 07/17/2009 5:46:12 PM PDT by Kukai
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"...law enforcement that is designed specifically to save lives..."

Uh, can we get some objective evidence of this assertion?

14 posted on 07/17/2009 5:47:14 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
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To: RoadKingSE

It is for the children.


15 posted on 07/17/2009 5:49:30 PM PDT by Radix (Obama represents CHAINS for posterity.)
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To: Kukai

I’m lo-tech. I just flash my lights at oncoming cars to warn them.

parsy, who thinks cops should spend their time catching crooks


16 posted on 07/17/2009 5:50:37 PM PDT by parsifal ("Knock and ye shall receive!" (The Bible, somewhere.))
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To: RoadKingSE

Sort of like radar detectors.


17 posted on 07/17/2009 6:33:27 PM PDT by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different.)
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Sort of like radar detectors.
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The latest Escorts have GPS and do not warn/alert in known false alarm locations (k/ka band door openers and such).


18 posted on 07/17/2009 6:38:43 PM PDT by Neidermeyer
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Another article about the DC Mayor who doesn't like iPhone app that warns users of upcoming red light cameras... PING!


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19 posted on 07/17/2009 7:16:15 PM PDT by Swordmaker (remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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“It’s designed to circumvent law enforcement — law enforcement that is designed specifically to save lives.”

Ummm..., actually no..., the warning about the red light cameras saves lives. It gets people to not run the red lights... LOL...

I’d call the iPhone program a good “public safety program”, actually... :-)


20 posted on 07/17/2009 7:26:40 PM PDT by Star Traveler (The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is a Zionist and Jerusalem is the apple of His eye.)
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