WATCHING THE DETECTIVES (IRONY EDITION)
Apr. 16th, 2014 11:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
defrogYr Police Oversight Fail lede of the day:
Ars Technica explains the tech:
So evidently, some LAPD cops have been removing the antennas to avoid being monitored all the time. (Either that or punk kids have been stealing antennas from cop cars – neither headline looks good.)
To be fair, if it’s the former, the cops have a good reason for that:
Well, exactly.
Car 54 where are you,
This is dF
Ars Technica explains the tech:
The antennas, which are mounted onto individual patrol cars, receive recorded audio captured from an officer’s belt-worn transmitter. The transmitter is designed to capture an officer’s voice and transmit the recording to the car itself for storage. The voice recorders are part of a video camera system that is mounted in a front-facing camera on the patrol car. Both elements are activated any time the car’s emergency lights and sirens are turned on, but they can also be activated manually.
So evidently, some LAPD cops have been removing the antennas to avoid being monitored all the time. (Either that or punk kids have been stealing antennas from cop cars – neither headline looks good.)
To be fair, if it’s the former, the cops have a good reason for that:
“No one likes it. Who wants to be followed all over the place?” said one officer who spoke anonymously to the Boston Globe …
Well, exactly.
Car 54 where are you,
This is dF
