They sure wear sharp looking police uniforms out there.
That cop was the sharpest looking guy I have seen in a long time.
I never heard of a charge of Attempted eavesdropping, Must be a new one , but we have thousands of laws no American ever heard of I guess.
Personally I haven’t got a lot of animosity toward smart electric meters, as far as I can tell the main reason for them is so the meter reader doesn’t have to come once a month, but I am sure there are several other reasons that they could be suspect, such as cutting off your electricity remotely whenever they feel like it
You can't have 'eavesdropping' in an open air public setting. The officer was performing his ordered public duty and the eavesdropping charge is intentional abuse of authority. A good lawyer would eat him alive in court. He should have done like the rest of the LEO chickens that stop recordings citing "I was in fear for my safety" crap.
> I never heard of a charge of Attempted eavesdropping, Must be a new one , but we have thousands of laws no American ever heard of I guess.
America 2013 - a nation of powerful men making laws in secret.
You would have thought that they could have just put the meter on the pole off of her property and without the fuss. This was staged to make an example of he and put the fear of government in the sheep.
However, the larger issue is that they give the government, via the utilities, the means in which to control how much electricity a customer can use, and at what settings heat and air conditioning have to be set, all in the name of global warming.
Recall what happened in california...
Personally I haven’t got a lot of animosity toward smart electric meters,...(Putting tin-foil hat on) It is said these have, or will have, the ability to read RFID chips so the gubbmint knows what you cook, when you are awake, how much laundry you do, etc., etc. They also emit electromagnetic fields (what doesn’t?)and cause tooth decay, I guess. EMF’s have never been proved as unhealthy or healthy as far as I know. (Did you know you can take a flourescent light tube underneath a power line and wave it around and it will light up in your hand, sometimes?).
I don't think that's possible. Meters don't contain an on/off switch they simply monitor power usage. A 200 Amp switch is pretty big.
What they can do is communicate with the new appliances that have smart technology. The theory is that they can set the temp in your fridge, A/C, etc. They can also track usage and generate trends for the power company to regulate generation.
These women didn't interfere physically with the installation they simply didn't open the gate. NOT grounds for an arrest. Filming the cops should be done at EVERY arrest or confrontation.
The city provides the electricity so they own the meters and can change to whatever they want. It sucks but if you live in a place where you allow the govt to control such things then the govt controls them and not you.
“such as cutting off your electricity remotely whenever they feel like it”
Only if you don’t pay your bill. And utility companies send out notices long before they turn off a service. If you can’t pay due to a fixed income (social security) or if you have a medical condition that requires an electrical connection (oxygen generator) they do not turn off the service.
These smart meters make it impossible on the otherhand for some deadbeat hoodrat to swipe the meter off one house and put it on his because those meters are coded to each residence.