Bystanders file suit after being detained by Aurora police looking for suspect

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[SpeakerToAnimals]

Bystanders file suit after being detained by Aurora police looking for suspect

[HiTech RedNeck]

According to a bunch of white guys many of whom are now in heaven, it’s God. The trouble was that they treated God like fish treat water. Took for granted. Yep, if I’d been there when they were drafting the Constitution I would have put theistic elements in it.

[goodwithagun]

I think bamahead posts the meme.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Maybe an ammo sniffing dog, which could have gotten a vague lead on the street.

[Slings and Arrows]

Ping!

[SpeakerToAnimals]

There was a GPS device in the money. Were you thinking a fast and furious gun? With a functioning GPS?

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Detained and cuffed everyone on the street?

They showed remarkable restraint...

[DManA]

Or.....something.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

The police definitely fouled up on this one, in that their GPS was only good for a general area, and they could not narrow it down to a single vehicle.

Importantly, just a few days ago, there was an armed robbery of a drug store in NYC, for Oxycontin, and along with the drugs the robber was given a pill bottle with a GPS transmitter in it. *Just* the robber was caught, some 30 blocks away, then he threw down on the police so they killed him.

And in the article they mentioned that this technique has been successfully used some 100 times across the US. Which means that GPS *was* able to narrow down to just one vehicle or residence.

[null and void]

*waving*

[SpeakerToAnimals]

Thanks for putting this event in context.

[Moonman62]

From the article:

“The law is clear that investigative detentions are lawful for a reasonable period of time,” Oates said. “Reasonableness is determined by the facts and circumstances at issue, and the facts and circumstances were the suspect was in one of 19 cars.”

These are known as Terry stops, named after a Supreme Court case. However, the period of time has to be brief, not reasonable. Reasonable applies to whether the detention can be made in the first place.

[HiTech RedNeck]

A transponder in the money... and they could not tell what vehicle had it?

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SpeakerToAnimals ~ Oates would not discuss the tracking technology used

two semi-automatic weapons were found in the suspect’s vehicle.

DManA ~ Hmmm, a tumbler clicked in my brain.

Mine too.

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[Vigilanteman]

Did they really catch the bank robber? Or did they just find someone among all the people who they detained who might possibly fit the profile?

[HiTech RedNeck]

It was like they were lacking the close quarters tracking capability, and only knew the general vicinity that their eye in the sky was telling them.

[coloradan]

What happens when a robber steals a whole bunch of GPS jammers?

[Dallas59]

Good enough.

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That's just the recent context.

For more historical depth see:

[HiTech RedNeck]

If the dough was tagged with a transponder, they would have found it... and presumably eventually returned to the bank. Something might have gone wrong with the close quarters tracking. A modern car or truck is largely a Faraday cage, especially in the trunk.

This was apparently done in such a broad sweep, though, that the robber skated.

[HiTech RedNeck]

I’d want some other technology, like ultrasonic pings, to offset the difficulties of RF technology.