This report summarizes findings from the Center for Court Innovation's survey of 1,500 counties, municipalities, and limited-jurisdiction district courts across the country about their use of mandated community service.
I don’t understand why we continue to jail people; it does not prevent them from committing crimes and may even increase the likelihood of reoffending.
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We must all remember that the harm that has been inflicted on those who have experienced harassment and assault will not diminish when people who have done nothing wrong suffer the consequences of false accusations.
Colleges do a poor job of screening applicants for prior history of sexual misconduct in the workplace. A sociologist and a law professor explain how that can change.
It’s expensive to maintain the criminals on death row. Maybe society should take a page from the Romans and allow felons to fight for freedom — or death.
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The Safe Cats app has nine main features for users to access in case of an emergency. The app was designed to have the most important MSU, Bozeman and national resources in one place.
MORE than 1,000 sex crimes in four years were committed by repeat offenders who dodged jail after their first offence. It means hundreds of victims have fallen prey to perverts given a second chan…
A patient at the Cherokee Civil Commitment Unit for Sex Offenders is suing the state for allegedly violating his First Amendment rights and forcibly sterilizing him. Eddie Risdal is seeking $375,000 from the State of Iowa for denying his freedom of speech and sterilizing him. Risdal, 74, has been he... Read more
Steve Hurst (inset), a Republican lawmaker from Calhoun County, Alabama, says that chemical castration for convicted child sex offenders is an appropriate punishment.
[JURIST] Indonesia on Wednesday passed a controversial law [Jakarta Post report] allowing for harsh punishment for pedophiles, including chemical castration, implanting electronic tagging chips in vio…
In South Korea, the abduction and rape of a 7-year-old girl last week outraged the public and prompted President Lee Myung-Bak to consider various measures including chemical castration to combat child sex crimes, according to local media.
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Despite economic uncertainty, global military spending has surged. Inflation, Russia’s war on Ukraine and US efforts to outpace China are major factors.
Calls are being made to fit all new vehicles with immobilisation devices police could use to stop cars remotely to allow them to defuse high-speed chases and possible terror attacks.
RUTHLESS car finance firms are fitting controversial “kill switches” that immobilise vehicles if drivers fail to meet payments. The devices are understood to be offered to those with po…
Yeah, this article explains how you can’t tell if the site has a licence or not. Making it seem more legit. It’s still petty theft – similar to not paying the licence fee. Bless the BBC for surviving all this time being scammed before NETFLIX and the rest.
Five men who illegally streamed Premier League football matches to tens of thousands of people have been jailed. The gang, who were based in South London, sold cut-price £10-a-month subscriptions to a platform that allowed UK viewers to watch Premier League games that are not broadcast in the count... Read more
An estimated 100 million people worldwide share their genetic information with companies like AncestryDNA, 23andMe, and FamilyTreeDNA. All that DNA has been a boon to detectives, who can use the in…
The massive enforcement of laws criminalizing personal drug use and possession in the United States causes devastating harm. Enforcement ruins lives, discriminates against people of color, and undermines public health. It’s time to decriminalize the personal use and possession of illicit drugs.
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Many men are squeamish enough about feminine hygiene products; stick a Taser in one and you’ve got a guaranteed deterrent. Such is the Pink Stinger tampon stun gun, some inventor’s idea of “discreet protection.” It features a gentle glide applicator, a fresh floral scent and 50,000 volts of ... Read more
In this video, we discuss the pros and cons of stun guns. While many people, particularly women, use them for their everyday carry (EDC), we look at why they...
Agreed. they can take half of your house and divorce you within a year. The law needs changing and there should be somewhere you go to find out if your partner has a previous record of gold digging.
A gold digger is a person who is primarily interested in their partner’s money and what it can do for them. You’ll notice that gold diggers often push their partners for expensive gifts, loans, and allowances. They usually feel entitled...
Gold-diggers are on the rise. Why not, its easier than working your whole life. but this story is upsetting, marrying a 91 year old. Thankfully something is being done about it.
Fabian Hamilton, Labour MP for Leeds North East, has submitted a bill, under the 10 Minute Rule in Parliament which will aim to eradicate the loophole that currently nullifies any older Will upon marriage
Not sure how you would issue a warning or sling a tattoo on someone if they haven’t committed a crime, but you can check their previous marriage records here https://publiclibraries.com/public-records/
A burglar ruined Prentiss Robbins’ Christmas last year, but now Criminal Court Judge Joe B. Brown has brought Robbins tidings of good cheer. It’s making many lawyers cringe, but Robbins unexpectedly received court authority to visit the home of the confessed burglar and take any five items he…
A Tennessee judge allows burglary victims to go to the thief’s home and snatch whatever they want. He says unconventional sentences can get a lawbreaker’s attention in a big way.
Copycat crimes aren’t a 21st-century phenomena. Some of the first ones were documented during the late 19th century, when cases like Jack the Ripper held the world’s attention. What’s new is the inordinate media attention. Does it change the game?
The mass media establishes the ‘serial killer’ as a dominant cultural category. One upshot is that, whereas in antiquity killing sequentially may have been something that someone did, today a serial killer is something someone can be.
The social study of serial killers | Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
The police have no right to break into your phone. Or your house or your mind. Period. NO, The argument that if you have nothing to hide then why not let them use tech to violate your right to privacy isn’t logical, Future governments are likely to exploit this information, like they do now in China. Think smart. Cops keep out!
The Police Can Probably Break Into Your Phone (Published 2020)
At least 2,000 law enforcement agencies have tools to get into encrypted smartphones, according to new research, and they are using them far more than previously known.
Agreed. “China recently began tracking the location of more than 17 million Chinese users’ mobile phones. AFP reported the purpose of the tracking system data is to “better control traffic and monitor the population.”
U.S. Gov’t to thank for panic button app to wipe phones
Computerworld covers a range of technology topics, with a focus on these core areas of IT: Windows, Mobile, Apple/enterprise, Office and productivity suites, collaboration, web browsers and blockchain, as well as relevant information about companies such as Microsoft, Apple and Google.
These days, if you’re arrested and charged with a crime, the first thing cops will likely try to do is look at the contents of your phone. Digital forensics is increasingly a favorite way to secure a conviction, or at least gain a broader understanding of a suspect.
Activists in Nigeria have shown us how it’s possible to use mobile technology to prevent electoral fraud, while activists in the Middle East, have been making use of various mobile applications to broadcast images, videos and more from the
The decision in Tim Yeo MP v Times Newspapers EWHC 2853 (QB) is the first to engage section 11 of the Defamation Act 2013, specifically that a trial is to
The high court has plenty of international political cases to preside over. Bringing celebrity and business name-calling into the equation just prolongs proper justice, in my opinion.
You want child rapists to be released? So you can tell where they do it? Very odd. Think again read what the police say about it before having these silly ideas.
Home Detention Curfew- what happens when you’re ‘released on tag’ - WMB Law
Civica Digital Crash is transforming collision reporting for police forces with roadside mobile reporting functionality and higher quality data capture.
“Recounting this, one of the residents played us a sound recording of the visit, in which a particularly disgruntled police officer angrily chastises the tenants for obstructing the activities of the thugs, simply because they worked for the landlord and therefore should be left to do their job.”
Case Study: Rogue Landlords in Action — Cambridge House
Our staff here at Safer Renting are used to visiting buildings with appalling living conditions, but were surprised recently when we were called to a prime property in central London with an exclusive address. Viewed from the outside, you might assume that it housed bankers or art dealers. Once ins
There was a case in the US where this rouge landlord was forced to live in one of his expensive hovels as a punishment. No doubt it didn’t work but it got the judge some publicity. Oh well.
Des Moines landlord must pay $50,000 after being found guilty of housing discrimination
The more property prices are pushed out of reach for normal working families, the more they are slaves to their masters. Read this. it’s getting worse.
Over a third of private renters forced to live in dangerous conditions for fear of eviction - Shelter England
New figures by YouGov released today show 39% of private renters – equivalent to 3.2m people – say they have been forced to live in dangerous or unhealthy conditions because they fear complaining to their landlord will trigger a retaliatory eviction.
The police are a service, not a lethal force – that’s why it attracts the wrong sort of people. Put these nutters in the army and police communities with community-minded people, not paramilitaries.
Projectiles were invented long ago. Why don’t we use tranquilizers and non-lethal weapons nowadays. Are the police scared of losing power against gangs with real guns?
One problem is that police think they are in agreement with the state that they need to do what they need to do, and the state will protect them. Like some badged vigilante sorting out the problems despite making things seem fair. It isn’t fair. It just attracts more bad people into law enforcement and make things worse. But some people have starting watching the watchmen.
This is the first database that tracks America’s criminal cops
The police crime database offers the most comprehensive look ever at how often American cops are arrested, as well as some early insights into the consequences they face for breaking the laws they’re supposed to enforce.
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“You tend to be protective of your industry. When individuals say, ‘you’re doing something wrong,’ we tend to go the other direction, or not admit our fault in it.”
George Floyd death: What US police officers think of protests
In the UK, the police are monitored by an organisation that is rather pally with the police themselves. When it was truly independent, they got far too many cases to deal with.
Make a complaint | Independent Office for Police Conduct
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crime and the number of crimes the police choose to record are two totally different figures – well they were until they noticed that we realised that…
Depending on where you live EarthCam may be the best thing we have come to this. But I agree, if it’s footage of our streets, then why do only companies and not people get to see what is going on?
Unless you want to monitor homeless folk trading medicine in backstreets, you might enjoy the Peregrine Falcon nest camera on Sussex Heights. I like the idea of streaming cctv but there should be a dedicated site just for nature stuff, not city stuff. Just saying’
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Hmm, good idea to check out what the weather is like locally but don’t expect entertainment. I used to go to camstreamer and some of the most “popular” cctv streams are of stuff like “Jackson Hole Parking Lot” No thrills and spills there, especially during COVID.
We sat down with ‘Joe,’ a former pickpocket who verified his skills via an unnervingly thorough video demonstration. Here’s what he told us about his former life.
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Being excommunicated from the Catholic Church is widely misunderstood: It doesn’t mean that you’re banned from church and stripped of your Catholicism. Rather, excommunication is a strong, remedial penalty meted out with the hope that it’ll wake you up and move you to true repentance — and b... Read more
“If the government were serious about tackling prison overcrowding and allowing prisons to focus on rehabilitation, it would put an end to ineffective super-short sentences of six months or less for those serving non-violent and non-sexual offences.”
Let’s invest in alternatives to prison that actually reduce reoffending – LabourList
After a decade of Tory failures in our criminal justice system, driven by deep austerity, Boris Johnson this week announced 10,000 new prison places at…
Does spending ‘100 years’ behind bars actually help deter crime? BBC Future explores the impact of long prison sentences, and looks at how Norway is taking an opposite approach.
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According to some scholarly articles, discretion is exactly how rouge states make almost everything illegal then allow the police to victimise minorities, legally. Very sketchy idea, maybe just make BAD things illegal and arrest/prosecute everyone and anyone, which would reduce the opportunity for them and the law to manipulated by bad politicians.
Deadly Discretion: The Failure of Police Use of Force Policies to Meet Fundamental International Human Rights Law and Standards
Nice idea but it would mean they arrest everyone for anything they did that was illegal. Not idea. However you don’t want them picking and choosing who gets “justice” and who doesn’t. Tricky problem with policing around the world. New ideas are needed here.
Policing the police - when does discretion become dangerous? - Legal Cheek
Despite the fact that it is unlawful and ineffective, ethnic profiling—the targeting of specific individuals or groups based on appearance—continues in Europe and the United States. Find out how we’re working to combat it.
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Whoever is trolling these simple and paranoid people must be having great fun. A single post on FB sent to the right types of people gets a whole bunch of them running for cover, in case the police decide to get them. Its a mental health issue but likely great fun for those playing them.
Agreed, even happy-head Cox has poked his head up to explain to the masses that its not a spy app. Why he has to get involved I don’t know. If they want to appeal to the masses, just ask a pop star not a science teacher/publicity chap.
Brian Cox’s message to people with privacy fears over new UK Covid app
They are already having to explain that it doesn’t send your location or data to anywhere other than keep it on your phone, in case the conspiracy crew get worried that someone cares where they are.
Why this post about the NHS Covid-19 tracing app is going viral
The nationwide effort to reduce bullying in U.S. schools can be regarded as part of larger civil and human rights movements that have provided children with many of the rights afforded to adults.
Just give them the money or go to jail – even if you have to steal the money – it’s a silly situation in lots of countries and gets exploited by governments time and time again.
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There should be a job waiting for anyone that wants to pay off their fines but doesn’t have employment. Any decent society would set that up as soon as they set up the judicial system.
Work, Pay, or Go to Jail: Court-Ordered Community Service In Los Angeles
The punishment continues after incarceration… Those proven to have been wrongfully convicted through post-conviction DNA testing spend, on average, more than 14 years behind bars. The agony of prison life and the complete loss
Hmm, dump “permits” don’t help, we already paid for the dump, let us use it. Councils are starting to admit they got it wrong and created a problem that didn’t need to be there in the first place.
Dump permits may be to blame for rise in fly tipping
Jail breeds crime = more customers for the businesses that profit from correction facilities…. “A U.S. Sentencing Commission report on recidivism among federal prisoners, released on January 24, 2019, showed that nearly 64% of prisoners who had been convicted of violent offenses were arrested within eight years compared with about 40% of those convicted of nonviolent offenses”
Long-Term Recidivism Studies Show High Arrest Rates | Prison Legal News
Exclusive: FOI data shows scale of problem, ahead of planned launch of counter-corruption unit to tackle offences including bringing drugs into prisons
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Highly recommend Intelius for this, we use them at work. Its already a thing and a good one at that for sectors that require properly qualified honest staff.
Best background check services in 2020: Personal and business
An app called GoodSAM, developed in part by members of London's Air Ambulance team, is appropriating GPRS technology to allow people in an emergency to alert first responders who may be nearby
The HubblePhone also includes an Artificial Reality (AfR) messaging app which lets users send 3D-animated messages that are then projected into the recipient’s “immediate physical surroundings”.
Incredible phone concept inspired by Hubble Space Telescope has four screens
Live camera translators are starting to make this idea a reality. I like the fact that it could help the police with foreign criminal gangs that operate from cafes in the UK, ie CAFE NERO and COSTA.
4 Best Free Apps With Live Camera Translate, Offline Text And Voice Translation
There are only a handful of companies that specialize in translation, it is easy to translate word for word, however it is very hard to translate a whole
Graffiti isn't always used to spruce up abandoned homes, freeway overpasses or trains. Sometimes it's used by gangs to mark their territory or communicate about illicit activities. So this new system that accurately catalogues graffiti, and who's behind it, gives police a useful tool ... Read more
Law enforcement is “concerned” that citizens may try to abide by the law after the team at Google Maps announced the rollout of a new feature that will allow customers to avoid tickets, arrests, or being shot in the face by tracking the real-time location of police officers.
lip reading with voice activation, means that you could spy on people and it flags a warning or alert if they mention any particular words you want it to watch out for, in any language.
Bringing lip-reading tech to the world of voice activation
Mobile Spy Apps or Spyware Apps are smartphone surveillance software. These types of apps help you to track incoming and outgoing phone calls, SMS, and locations. These apps are hidden and undetectabl
There are multiple communication options used by people who are deaf or who have hearing loss. And, in the last five years, advances in automatic speech recognition (ASR) have opened up further options.
Researchers from Google’s AI division DeepMind and the University of Oxford have used artificial intelligence to create the most accurate lip-reading software ever. Using thousands of hours of TV...
Yeah, they should have to submit their spend before election is called in order to qualify – or be disqualified. Cheating shouldn’t be rewarded in this case, its too important.
“Likewise, if the Commission’s incorrect interpretation of the law effectively allowed the official Leave Campaign to spend more than the official Remain campaign, then Remainers have significant grounds for grievance.
At the centre of all of this sit the Electoral Commission, who do seem to have blundered. There have been some loud calls for a serious shake up there from both sides of this quarrel today, and I have some sympathy for that.”
The High Court found that Vote Leave broke the law in a new way
England & Wales's High Court has ruled that Vote Leave broke campaign spending limits in addition to the way that the Electoral Commission previously said they did.
“I am a dog owner and I have done this and I think it looks pretty” is one of the options on this poll. Don’t know why the don’t just leave it to decompose if its in a forest. but yeah, finger print them and string them up… the dog owner that is. heh.
You can add all these arseholes to the list for a start. Would be interesting to know which one tops the shit list as voted by users. And yep, boycotting just the worst one would ensure they changed their ways – or die.
Coca-Cola, Pepsi highlight the 20 corporations producing the most ocean pollution
These criminal companies should appear somewhere on the list for sure. Most are hidden brands though that you motorists don’t realise you are sponsoring. shameful.
The top 20 companies have contributed to 480bn tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent since 1965
Saudi Aramco 59.26
Chevron 43.35
Gazprom 43.23
ExxonMobil 41.90
National Iranian Oil Co 35.66
BP 34.02
Royal Dutch Shell 31.95
Coal India 23.12
Pemex 22.65
Petróleos de Venezuela 15.75
PetroChina 15.63
Peabody Energy 15.39
ConocoPhillips 15.23
Abu Dhabi National Oil Co 13.84
Kuwait Petroleum Corp 13.48
Iraq National Oil Co 12.60
Total SA 12.35
Sonatrach 12.30
BHP Billiton 9.80
Petrobras 8.68
Revealed: the 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissions
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Just use this – Self Evident is a free, convenient and effective way for people across England & Wales to engage with the police. With 28,000 registered users already, the app is used every day to report crime and capture digital evidence.
DecibelX looks good for measuring loudness but it would need integration with camera and messenger to send to the police. Like the idea though – noise is antisocial pollution
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Google’s DeepMind is better than humans at lip reading, this is amazing, soon any video could be transcribed in any language on youtube – better, using an app personally whilst on holdiay would make life so much easier.
Lip-reading with Google’s DeepMind AI: what it means for disabled people, live subtitling and espionage! | AbilityNet
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Its a growing concern though you would think there was a well known brand that provides this service with all the databases of info they could filter through. People are more inclined to lie if they think they will get away with it. We have Indian Doctors that have fake qualifications in the UK. Nobody seems to be trying to weed them out properly.
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A ban on holding a phone while driving is coming to Britain's roads. A loophole in the current law means reckless drivers can be prosecuted only if they are caught using phones to call or text.
The UK is already considering alternatives, such as electronic monitoring.
Non-violent offenders should not be jailed. Let them participate in community service as a way to repay their debt to society.
A study in Argentina found that electronic monitoring was more effective in reducing reoffending rates compared to custodial sentences.
I don’t understand why we continue to jail people; it does not prevent them from committing crimes and may even increase the likelihood of reoffending.
We could also resort to the age-old tradition of exiling violent offenders.
There’s also a danger of false reporting, which can have several dire consequences.
An amazing idea, but sadly, many people don’t report sexual harassment, especially if it occurs in the workplace.
I found this open-access database for academic sexual misconduct allegations in the United States.
https://academic-sexual-misconduct-database.org/
The United Nations keeps a global database of misconduct allegations (including sexual abuse and exploitation allegations).
This could help employers to screen candidates during the interview process, thus tackling future abuse cases before they occur.
I found this company that offers electric shock door handles for cars.
People are rigging their car doors with electric shocks to deter thieves.
Someone should patent this! It’s a great way to stop burglars dead in their tracks.
Wow! Some people still train and participate in fights as gladiators in Italy!
If gladiator fights are what you are after, Airbnb plans to host gladiator fights (although staged) at the Ancient Roman Colosseum.
The risk with such fights is that we will be releasing dangerous criminals into society, who could end up causing more harm.
Gladiatorial fights for convicted prisoners is a wild idea, but one could also argue that modern-day executions are just as bizarre.
There are also safety support apps for travellers, especially lone travellers in foreign countries.
Check out this app in India designed to improve safety for female commuters while using trains.
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/railway-minister-launches-mobile-app-to-enhance-security-of-female-commuters/
You can find several safety support apps for victims of gender-based violence and domestic abuse.
The Montana State University has a campus safety app for students, staff, and faculty.
Check out this app that offers all emergency and first aid services in one platform.
https://safeguard-app.com/en/safety-app
This may be the only solution to deal with repeat sex offenders who somehow find loopholes in the justice system.
Forced castration is a controversial area that touches on human rights violations.
The state of Alabama in the U.S. has a similar law.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7105553/Alabama-legislature-passes-bill-requiring-child-sex-offenders-undergo-chemical-castration.html
Some countries do punish rapists with castration!
Castration should be a justified punishment, especially for child sex offenders.
There are a few countries in the word without military power. Why shouldn’t the rest follow their example?
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/15-countries-no-army-navy-184351527.html
Militaries and wars don’t just kill people; they also cause devastating destruction to the environment.
Before eve discussing demilitarization, we should first end the insanity of owning and producing nuclear and chemical weapons.
The money spent on the world’s militaries could be put to other better uses, like feeding the hungry or investing in social infrastructure.
This can go wrong in many ways if hackers get access to it.
https://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers-remotely-kill-jeep-highway/
Car engine kill switches can be dangerous! Check out this driver who nearly crashed after her car was shut down at a busy highway after missing a payment.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2769788/We-hit-probably-dead-Woman-s-car-remotely-shut-busy-three-lane-Las-Vegas-interstate-auto-lender-determined-missed-payment.html
It can be used by the police to safely stop cars during high-speed chases.
Kill switches are popular with auto lenders and car finance companies.
Remote kill switches are very effective at curbing car thefts.
Most car tracking units now come equipped with a remote kill switch.
Check out this home security robot from Amazon that can keep your home safe when you are away.
https://metro.co.uk/2021/09/28/amazon-unveils-security-robot-called-astro-that-will-guard-your-house-15332213/
This seems like a job best suited for a robot dog!
Robots can also be amazing pet sitters!
You can even find a robot to cook and do your house chores!
It has already been done, and they are very popular in Japan.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/housesitting-robots-selli_n_5970
The OP may be right. Only way to get those types of minds doing positive things instead of crime, is to give them a goal for channeling their energy.
Awards or criminal sentences? “Cars and medical devices are critical to everyday life, and vulnerable entry points for hackers.”
Another assumption not included, which should be.
The presumption of innocence until proven guilty
(4 upvotes)Make English the official language of the USA
(4 upvotes)From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs
(5 upvotes)The right to remain silent
(3 upvotes)There is a more accurate video you should watch here. https://study.com/learn/lesson/innocent-until-proven-guity.html
What have the Romans ever done for us? This idea, amongst many others. Thanks guys.
Yeah, this article explains how you can’t tell if the site has a licence or not. Making it seem more legit. It’s still petty theft – similar to not paying the licence fee. Bless the BBC for surviving all this time being scammed before NETFLIX and the rest.
… up to 5 years – not gonna happen though, easy to say you didn’t realise.
A leader of an illegal streaming gang in the UK got 11 years. Not sure what their “customers” got, other than cheap footy.
These panic buttons are better than restraining orders.
The UK has panic buttons for domestic abuse victims.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/duchess-cornwall-hails-magic-secret-panic-alarms-domestic-abuse/
Check out this discreet panic button that is hidden inside jewellery.
A panic button that alerts police in case of an assault
(6 upvotes)A smart wristband with a panic button
(4 upvotes)Uber has a “panic button” feature in the app that immediately sends the trip details and location to the police.
https://www.uber.com/newsroom/emergencybutton/
This has been done in India. Public buses are equipped with panic buttons to help curb sexual assaults.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/6/3/india-orders-panic-buttons-for-women-installed-on-buses
DNA is just another tool that law enforcement agencies can misuse!
DNA evidence is a revolutionary technology that is helping solve decades-old cold cases that would have otherwise remained unsolved.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/police-were-cracking-cold-cases-dna-website-then-fine-print-n1070901
Already been done! Canada has started decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of drugs in the hopes of helping fight against addiction.
https://www.voanews.com/a/canadian-province-decriminalizes-small-amount-of-hard-drugs/6944480.html
Some drugs, such as marijuana, should not be illegal in the first place. They do more good than harm!
Criminalizing drug use punishes the victims – addicts – who cannot find the proper treatment for their addiction.
Investing in militaries has led to the creation of too many doomsday weapons.
It’s not just for the police! Soldiers also use it in warzones as an early warning system for incoming fire.
This has been done. Several police and law enforcement agencies across the U.S.A. are using the technology.
https://abc7chicago.com/what-is-a-shotspotter-chicago-crime-police-technology/11493272/
You can get one on Amazon for a few bucks
Yikes, imagine being tasered by this stun gun torch.
These date rape detection stickers are a must-have when going out!
Drinkware that detects date rape drugs could be revolutionary in preventing many sexual assaults.
Wow! A fashion accessory that can help prevent sexual assault.
A tampon taser is as discreet as you can get with a stun gun https://www.wired.com/2007/05/tampon-taser-st/
This lipstick stun gun is another discreet personal protection tool you can carry around
Stun guns are practical self-defence tools that can get you out of tricky situations.
Agreed. they can take half of your house and divorce you within a year. The law needs changing and there should be somewhere you go to find out if your partner has a previous record of gold digging.
Gold-diggers are on the rise. Why not, its easier than working your whole life. but this story is upsetting, marrying a 91 year old. Thankfully something is being done about it.
Not sure how you would issue a warning or sling a tattoo on someone if they haven’t committed a crime, but you can check their previous marriage records here https://publiclibraries.com/public-records/
odd idea, but I read about something similar here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhH7te5Txfo
More from the American take on justice here:
This article is from a reporter at Sandy Hook. It seems you can only blame the media so far.
The mass media establishes the ‘serial killer’ as a dominant cultural category. One upshot is that, whereas in antiquity killing sequentially may have been something that someone did, today a serial killer is something someone can be.
Careful what you wish for though. Read on…
The next TRUMP is likely to start banning apps he doesn’t like. True already.
The police have no right to break into your phone. Or your house or your mind. Period. NO, The argument that if you have nothing to hide then why not let them use tech to violate your right to privacy isn’t logical, Future governments are likely to exploit this information, like they do now in China. Think smart. Cops keep out!
Agreed. “China recently began tracking the location of more than 17 million Chinese users’ mobile phones. AFP reported the purpose of the tracking system data is to “better control traffic and monitor the population.”
Good on the guy who developed the panic button app. I read about it here https://gizmodo.com/this-guy-designed-an-android-app-that-deletes-all-your-1846850066
Just one of many tools people find they need when unfortunate enough to be living under a bad government. Tools are key to mankind’s development
Cool, this is has been long discussed in legal circles. Don’t expect much change when paying lawyers to decide how much work they want though.
The high court has plenty of international political cases to preside over. Bringing celebrity and business name-calling into the equation just prolongs proper justice, in my opinion.
Agreed. Why bring the Queen’s Bench into play for libel and defamation, it’s simply gossip.
So the police can retrieve the tag we just paid for? Think again.
Linking to this cool resource. It shows which countries class drug offences as urr, offences. Drugs should not be illegal it creates gangs.
You want child rapists to be released? So you can tell where they do it? Very odd. Think again read what the police say about it before having these silly ideas.
…. and lifelong probation. You get one chance…
Anyone use this?
Sounds like someone should make thes crash thing into a simple app the police can use aswell.
Theres this already(?)
“Recounting this, one of the residents played us a sound recording of the visit, in which a particularly disgruntled police officer angrily chastises the tenants for obstructing the activities of the thugs, simply because they worked for the landlord and therefore should be left to do their job.”
There was a case in the US where this rouge landlord was forced to live in one of his expensive hovels as a punishment. No doubt it didn’t work but it got the judge some publicity. Oh well.
Sounds a bit harsh, but it is a problem in today’s age as ever before.
The more property prices are pushed out of reach for normal working families, the more they are slaves to their masters. Read this. it’s getting worse.
The police are a service, not a lethal force – that’s why it attracts the wrong sort of people. Put these nutters in the army and police communities with community-minded people, not paramilitaries.
Pigs save deer by killing it. Unbelievable.
Projectiles were invented long ago. Why don’t we use tranquilizers and non-lethal weapons nowadays. Are the police scared of losing power against gangs with real guns?
A friend once told me that being a man meant two things: taking care of your loved ones and burying your dead. Everything else flows from that. https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/why-are-men-violent-science-society/
Fact Check – Most victims of serious crime are male. So this would just take money from the victims. Think again, or think harder.
Women already pay over the odds compared to men – see link. Maybe this would equal things up. But it would still be somewhat unfair.
Paying for the sins of our mothers…. Women selected violent sexual partners to populate the world. And you are still blaming us for existing?
One problem is that police think they are in agreement with the state that they need to do what they need to do, and the state will protect them. Like some badged vigilante sorting out the problems despite making things seem fair. It isn’t fair. It just attracts more bad people into law enforcement and make things worse. But some people have starting watching the watchmen.
“Police officers most commonly associate with other officers, because they feel uncomfortable in non-law enforcement settings.”
“You tend to be protective of your industry. When individuals say, ‘you’re doing something wrong,’ we tend to go the other direction, or not admit our fault in it.”
In the UK, the police are monitored by an organisation that is rather pally with the police themselves. When it was truly independent, they got far too many cases to deal with.
for just 400 dollars, ahh no thanks.
urr and meat tendersizer
ouch
That chart is from this on the bbc
crime and the number of crimes the police choose to record are two totally different figures – well they were until they noticed that we realised that…
And law makers too? Crime rate depends on what you want to be a crime, and not really on those you think to be criminals.
Depending on where you live EarthCam may be the best thing we have come to this. But I agree, if it’s footage of our streets, then why do only companies and not people get to see what is going on?
Urr, zero cams in Brighton UK, as if!
Unless you want to monitor homeless folk trading medicine in backstreets, you might enjoy the Peregrine Falcon nest camera on Sussex Heights. I like the idea of streaming cctv but there should be a dedicated site just for nature stuff, not city stuff. Just saying’
Hmm, good idea to check out what the weather is like locally but don’t expect entertainment. I used to go to camstreamer and some of the most “popular” cctv streams are of stuff like “Jackson Hole Parking Lot” No thrills and spills there, especially during COVID.
Ha, this…
Pickpockets say wallet chains are the best thing to stop them getting your money. Interesting expose here https://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-1436-7-weird-things-i-learned-as-pickpocket-in-modern-world.html
Something like this would be less severe.
Yeah, they are called inverse blinding machines, for some reason. Not good for your eyes and could cause lasting damage.
Introducing… the StunRay
How about a year of excommunication – simply be rejected by the church until you have served your sentence?
Live by the sword, die by the sword. If God says its wrong, you really ought to go to a real jail.
Sounds like 1 day would be enough for most of us.
“If the government were serious about tackling prison overcrowding and allowing prisons to focus on rehabilitation, it would put an end to ineffective super-short sentences of six months or less for those serving non-violent and non-sexual offences.”
Got to be said, if you have a 100 year sentence, there is no reason to reform and become law abiding. I day though? not so sure.
I love this idea! Dogs often act as guides for blind people, so why not return the favor?
I do this already, out of love.
According to some scholarly articles, discretion is exactly how rouge states make almost everything illegal then allow the police to victimise minorities, legally. Very sketchy idea, maybe just make BAD things illegal and arrest/prosecute everyone and anyone, which would reduce the opportunity for them and the law to manipulated by bad politicians.
Nice idea but it would mean they arrest everyone for anything they did that was illegal. Not idea. However you don’t want them picking and choosing who gets “justice” and who doesn’t. Tricky problem with policing around the world. New ideas are needed here.
OMG vm burglary is a career.
needed, they get the shit kicked out of them sometimes, funny.
Big Benny fights back already…
Ha, surprised they don’t have these in bad parts of town. Saw this on a thread on reddit.
Whoever is trolling these simple and paranoid people must be having great fun. A single post on FB sent to the right types of people gets a whole bunch of them running for cover, in case the police decide to get them. Its a mental health issue but likely great fun for those playing them.
Agreed, even happy-head Cox has poked his head up to explain to the masses that its not a spy app. Why he has to get involved I don’t know. If they want to appeal to the masses, just ask a pop star not a science teacher/publicity chap.
They are already having to explain that it doesn’t send your location or data to anywhere other than keep it on your phone, in case the conspiracy crew get worried that someone cares where they are.
Careful now, most cops weren’t the victims of bullying – know why that is right…
In the states, these crimes are being tackled by initiatives that confuse crime with civil rights. It’s crime.
Violence and theft are crimes, why the police wait until nasty kids turn into murderers is anyone’s guess.
Just give them the money or go to jail – even if you have to steal the money – it’s a silly situation in lots of countries and gets exploited by governments time and time again.
There should be a job waiting for anyone that wants to pay off their fines but doesn’t have employment. Any decent society would set that up as soon as they set up the judicial system.
Brighton and Hove council have finally caught on that adding cameras and prosecuring people is cheaper than providing enough bins.
Cops use apps – which often get it wrong, costing them a packet of YOUR money. Better ideas are here needed…
Good idea maybe, but those wrongly convicted deserve cash for the time they lost to a bad decision imposed by the state.
Currently the law can be used to hold a competitor back, rather than get justice. Shame the US got the idea of law all mixed up with tax.
Hmm, dump “permits” don’t help, we already paid for the dump, let us use it. Councils are starting to admit they got it wrong and created a problem that didn’t need to be there in the first place.
Jail breeds crime = more customers for the businesses that profit from correction facilities…. “A U.S. Sentencing Commission report on recidivism among federal prisoners, released on January 24, 2019, showed that nearly 64% of prisoners who had been convicted of violent offenses were arrested within eight years compared with about 40% of those convicted of nonviolent offenses”
More bums on seats, more money – the consequences don’t matter the idea of prison needs to be looked at again – especially in the US.
Who thought prisons were about correction? They are a money-making op
Idea discussed on Reddit, not sure if apple have done it yet though, not sure why, seems obvious.
there are a couple of options here if you can’t find a key that makes a noise when your alarm goes off – check this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyFwK0zzeWc
This guy made a diy version a while back. Free!
already exists, good idea, simple enough to use.
Highly recommend Intelius for this, we use them at work. Its already a thing and a good one at that for sectors that require properly qualified honest staff.
So far, none of the top brass has even come close, you just resign if it looks like it’s going to hit the fan.
Nothing a good lawyer can’t fix for you, especially when you choose the judges.
Careful now, you don’t want Trump or Biden to win do you.
Good samaritans to the rescue – think this app does it. Nice idea btw.
it could have a “bad” lip reading function for a laugh.
The HubblePhone also includes an Artificial Reality (AfR) messaging app which lets users send 3D-animated messages that are then projected into the recipient’s “immediate physical surroundings”.
Live camera translators are starting to make this idea a reality. I like the fact that it could help the police with foreign criminal gangs that operate from cafes in the UK, ie CAFE NERO and COSTA.
think someone tried this, but not sure how it got on… http://graffititracker.net/
cool, string em up.
Graffiti tag scanning – photograph defaced walls,let AI identify each tag and send to police database
(2 upvotes)Graffiti tag spotter that identifies who painted their tag on your house or wall
(3 upvotes)Yeah, cops don’t like being a handy service we can locate – in the donut shop. Wonder why.
lip reading with voice activation, means that you could spy on people and it flags a warning or alert if they mention any particular words you want it to watch out for, in any language.
you can already do more than just watch what they are saying in public… check this https://www.guru99.com/best-mobile-spy-apps.html
There are a few options for this – but best used for those with hearing problems, not nosey gits.
then next prison they create should be purposfully built as a recycling centre, for sure. Great idea already seems to work in regular prisons.
This clearly works – do bird with 1 stone
Keep up, we got surpassed 4 years ago,
Yeah, they should have to submit their spend before election is called in order to qualify – or be disqualified. Cheating shouldn’t be rewarded in this case, its too important.
“Likewise, if the Commission’s incorrect interpretation of the law effectively allowed the official Leave Campaign to spend more than the official Remain campaign, then Remainers have significant grounds for grievance.
At the centre of all of this sit the Electoral Commission, who do seem to have blundered. There have been some loud calls for a serious shake up there from both sides of this quarrel today, and I have some sympathy for that.”
£61,000 = the cost of rigging a referendum. Not a bad deal.
Tips on how to split your campaign budget between different groups in order not to break campaign spending limit laws.
Lol, this, just cover your butt and breasts with it and you got them.
1000 tonnes a year – yep its an offence, finding and fining the culprits would cover some of the cost. Hope it isn’t just a cult in the UK doing it.
“I am a dog owner and I have done this and I think it looks pretty” is one of the options on this poll. Don’t know why the don’t just leave it to decompose if its in a forest. but yeah, finger print them and string them up… the dog owner that is. heh.
Yeah “POOP FRUIT”
You can add all these arseholes to the list for a start. Would be interesting to know which one tops the shit list as voted by users. And yep, boycotting just the worst one would ensure they changed their ways – or die.
These criminal companies should appear somewhere on the list for sure. Most are hidden brands though that you motorists don’t realise you are sponsoring. shameful.
The top 20 companies have contributed to 480bn tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent since 1965
Saudi Aramco 59.26
Chevron 43.35
Gazprom 43.23
ExxonMobil 41.90
National Iranian Oil Co 35.66
BP 34.02
Royal Dutch Shell 31.95
Coal India 23.12
Pemex 22.65
Petróleos de Venezuela 15.75
PetroChina 15.63
Peabody Energy 15.39
ConocoPhillips 15.23
Abu Dhabi National Oil Co 13.84
Kuwait Petroleum Corp 13.48
Iraq National Oil Co 12.60
Total SA 12.35
Sonatrach 12.30
BHP Billiton 9.80
Petrobras 8.68
Should include some of these corp criminals no doubt.
This made me go and look for an article I read. check this clever guy out…
… and awards those that do funny/good street art to cheer a place up.
Graffiti tag scanning – photograph defaced walls,let AI identify each tag and send to police database
(2 upvotes)Graffiti tag spotter that identifies who painted their tag on your house or wall
(3 upvotes)Bregler at NYU has done a lot of work with human faces and lips. You can find his papers on his website.
Here is one: http://omohundro.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/bregler_omohundro95_learning_visual_models_lip_reading.pdf
AI does (bad) lip reading. just watches zillions of youtube and learns the patterns, words and gulp, meanings.
Nice idea, should combine it with this to warn others too.
doesn’t have to be a spy ap,rml is good – just use the magnifier on your camera to spy on people far away. done!
I came across these earbuds that can translate dozens of languages in real-time.
Just use this – Self Evident is a free, convenient and effective way for people across England & Wales to engage with the police. With 28,000 registered users already, the app is used every day to report crime and capture digital evidence.
NOISE ANNOYS
DecibelX looks good for measuring loudness but it would need integration with camera and messenger to send to the police. Like the idea though – noise is antisocial pollution
Or just go the whole hog with a hidden gun cabinet?
Not just for new hires, you can already hire services that check your current staff aren’t telling porkies.
Meanwhile, in the UK cops have to go social to find others who have seen the tag, not ideal lol.
Not available on amazon so gonna make it myself, great idea.
Didn’t make the investment needed but someone should implement this on a crowdfuning site, it would sell…
Google’s DeepMind is better than humans at lip reading, this is amazing, soon any video could be transcribed in any language on youtube – better, using an app personally whilst on holdiay would make life so much easier.
Early days for lip reading apps and none of them translate to a different language yet, but watch this space.
You can find cops easily with WAZE – though its not really created to find them to get their help, just to avoid them lol.
Cops starting to use something like this already. Should be a national database so courts can better count up the damage done by each criminal caught.
Its a growing concern though you would think there was a well known brand that provides this service with all the databases of info they could filter through. People are more inclined to lie if they think they will get away with it. We have Indian Doctors that have fake qualifications in the UK. Nobody seems to be trying to weed them out properly.
Australia has a similar system – Smart cameras for detecting distracted drivers.
The UK has AI-powered cameras on roads that can catch drivers using their phone
Check this out! Microsoft and Shell have developed an AI camera system to detect reckless behaviour in gas stations.
AI-powered cameras can be very useful for detecting and clamping down on bad driving habits, especially in countries with high traffic volumes.
Here’s another one.
https://www.wetip.com/submit-a-crime-tip/
Found this app that allows you to send anonymous tips about crimes to the police.
String em up, but not if they tip next to council bins.