Some police departments in the U.S. have a review program where you can anonymously rate police officers. However, they should make these reviews public for all to see!
Police department rolls out ratings service in Warrenton, Virginia
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.
In the film Black Panther, Wakanda is cut off from the rest of the world by an energy barrier. Could something like this actually exist? In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Wakanda is a hidden African nation that is the most technologically advanced country on Earth. This is due in part to their isola... Read more
AI is revolutionizing space exploration, from autonomous spaceflight to planetary exploration and charting the cosmos. ML algorithms help astronauts and scientists navigate and study space, avoid hazards, and classify features of celestial bodies.
According to this, it may be wise to continue with normal learning so we don’t rely on our future masters too soon. Being human is fun, we don’t want that being taken away from us, especially with creativity and knowledge. No?
“What you are going to have are six people in a Mars mission. Are you really going to have all the different skills that are needed within the crew?
Well, we want to have one person with medical skills, one who is a biological researcher, one who is a field geologist, one who is good at fixing electronics, and one who is good at fixing the plumbing.
But how about a welder? There are thousands of skills that are necessary to make a civilization, and you cannot put them all in six people.
With artificial intelligence, a person can have hundreds of skills because artificial intelligence equips him or her to do all sorts of things instead of just a few things.
I think this is going to be extremely useful for both Mars explorers and for Mars settlers.” DR Zubrin
Dr. Robert Zubrin: We Will Be on Mars Before the End of the Next Decade
Interview with Dr. Robert Zubrin, American aerospace engineer and co-author of Mars Direct, a strategy envisaging the use of conventional rockets and Mars in-situ resources for human missions on Mars which has been broadly adopted by NASA. Dr. Zubrin holds a master’s degree in aeronautics and astr... Read more
Students locally don’t think AIs will help us with empathy, they can’t even do it themselves, so that’s a skill we shouldn’t be relying on machines to do for us.
The Human Skills AI Can’t Master • Sussex Business School
Worry not, managers! AI are highly unlikely to take your job or be more qualified for roles than you. So long as you continue to recognise,value and develop
They don’t carry guns. There’s no police academy for training them. But they can walk up your driveway and give you a $100 ticket -- for not recycling your trash properly.
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…
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...
#CatKoko #PoliceChief #JapanIn Japan, a cat named Koko, became an honorary police chief, for a day, for her heroic demeanor, when she rescued, an old man, in...
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?
This Super Hero Training Camp is the perfect activity for your Super Hero Party. Set up five fun activity stations to train your little heroes in the art of team work, balance, speed, accuracy and effort. Who doesn’t wi...
I like the idea of paramedic camps, not so much those that turn normal kids into cops though. Why? Same as the existing problem of recruiting cops, it attracts exactly the wrong type of person we need.
Penn. EMS Camp Preps Kids for Careers in Emergency Medicine
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.
The Effects of Being a Police Officer. The effects of being a police officer make themselves felt in four key ways. The demands of fitting into a particular department’s culture make it hard for officers to balance work and family commitments. Long hours and irregular schedules lead to greater soc... Read more
“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
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…
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.
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
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
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
omg lol “(this) will involve encircling the earth with a network of satellites capable of delivering silly string to any location on Earth at a moment’s notice.”
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.
Convertible Police Car is a large play mat, story book and sit-in toy for kids aged 3+. The simple text of the convertible book encourages preschool reading.
UK Cops are simple to say the least – they are pretending they didn’t try it already and it didn’t work. Fuck the police if thats what it takes for them to be honest.
Police plan to use cardboard cutouts of cop cars to stop motorists speeding
CARDBOARD cutouts of police vehicles could soon be used to deter car crime and speeding. Brit cops want to try the models, which come with flashing lights, after learning of their success in Turkey…
Sounds like fun for a prank but in the UK the police started placing flat fake police cars on the side of motorways – and yes, the effect was disastrous, people who had accidents or needed help, ran up to them and realised there was no cop there at all. So there you go, coppers think its their job to be a threat to people rather than a service to keep them safe.
Surrey Is Trying To Freak You Out With Cardboard Cop Cars
“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.
A wise one (Tobias) once said that when you distill it all down to its simplest form, every personal issue humans have can be summed up with the question: How are you giving your power away? I actu…
Always know whatâs happening on the road with Waze. Even if you know the way, Waze tells you about traffic, construction, police, crashes, and more in real-time. If traffic is bad on your route, Waze will change it to save you time.
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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.
**Red Panic Button is now a universal app**
When you are in trouble press the Red Panic Button!
You just have to set a panic number or mail address and the phone will send a message which contains your address and location, determined using the fine GPS based or coarse GSM based coordinates.
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This technology raises serious privacy concerns, especially if it falls into the hands of creepy individuals or dictatorial governments.
Some law enforcement agencies are already using smart surveillance glasses!
These college students turning Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses into surveillance devices. Talk about creativity!
This company has made discreet facial recognition smart glasses!
https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/10/18659660/facial-recognition-smart-glasses-sunglasses-surveillance-vuzix-nntc-uae
I found these surveillance glasses!
This can work as long as people don’t leave fake reviews.
Some police departments in the U.S. have a review program where you can anonymously rate police officers. However, they should make these reviews public for all to see!
This is a smart move that can help make police officers more accountable.
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.
Boeing is testing a real-life force field defence system!
A force field system would be the perfect defense against any enemy attack.
Looks like you are talking about an energy barrier like the one in the Black Panther movie.
Good point, and not just human/ai also standalone ai spacecraft that host us on our journey of discovery.
Chatbots could work out what you need to learn next, then teach you. Maybe we can all be geniuses one day, with a little clever coaching?
Artificial intelligence multiplies the number of skills that any person can have.
(5 upvotes)AI Detectors and Warnings
(7 upvotes)AI Voice generation for the film industry
(6 upvotes)An AI Generated ‘Theory of Everything’
(7 upvotes)AI Price Negotiator
(28 upvotes)AI personal stylist to help customers shop for clothing and fashion accessories
(7 upvotes)A social network for AI
(4 upvotes)According to this, it may be wise to continue with normal learning so we don’t rely on our future masters too soon. Being human is fun, we don’t want that being taken away from us, especially with creativity and knowledge. No?
Especially for astronauts and future explorers….
“What you are going to have are six people in a Mars mission. Are you really going to have all the different skills that are needed within the crew?
Well, we want to have one person with medical skills, one who is a biological researcher, one who is a field geologist, one who is good at fixing electronics, and one who is good at fixing the plumbing.
But how about a welder? There are thousands of skills that are necessary to make a civilization, and you cannot put them all in six people.
With artificial intelligence, a person can have hundreds of skills because artificial intelligence equips him or her to do all sorts of things instead of just a few things.
I think this is going to be extremely useful for both Mars explorers and for Mars settlers.” DR Zubrin
Artificial intelligence multiplies the number of skills that any person can have.
(5 upvotes)The great disasters of the 20th century were caused by bad ideas
(7 upvotes)Students locally don’t think AIs will help us with empathy, they can’t even do it themselves, so that’s a skill we shouldn’t be relying on machines to do for us.
You can also find plenty of trash police in the U.S
Don’t go around littering in Swiss cities; they have garbage police on patrol.
Several areas in the U.K. have their own version of #trashpolice
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/10/rubbish-police-check-bin-bags-drive-up-recycling-rates-swansea-fines
The world needs environmental police units to undo the damage caused by pollution.
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
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/
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.
Thames Valley Police have a cat unit, according to this.
I thought this was a stupid idea or a joke but Troy Police have a Feline Unit. Go figure.
Japan is weird. But their cats are cool.
Cats are good sniffers, but…
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?
I like this idea better, just do it yourself. https://www.getawaytoday.com/travel-blog/create-your-own-super-hero-training-camp
I like the idea of paramedic camps, not so much those that turn normal kids into cops though. Why? Same as the existing problem of recruiting cops, it attracts exactly the wrong type of person we need.
hmmm, even if it is just used as a marketing campaign to show their diversity efforts? This looks suss.
Junior Police Ace does this already. not sure if it is a good idea.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Brighton and Hove council have finally caught on that adding cameras and prosecuring people is cheaper than providing enough bins.
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.
Good samaritans to the rescue – think this app does it. Nice idea btw.
omg lol “(this) will involve encircling the earth with a network of satellites capable of delivering silly string to any location on Earth at a moment’s notice.”
Interesting stuff silly string, could hold the key to lots of uses in the future, maybe.
It’s a set of group of people, not an ideology btw. but interesting how they think this could work, with no money in the system…
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.
could have loads of fun spooking mates with a full sized realistic one of these.
UK Cops are simple to say the least – they are pretending they didn’t try it already and it didn’t work. Fuck the police if thats what it takes for them to be honest.
Sounds like fun for a prank but in the UK the police started placing flat fake police cars on the side of motorways – and yes, the effect was disastrous, people who had accidents or needed help, ran up to them and realised there was no cop there at all. So there you go, coppers think its their job to be a threat to people rather than a service to keep them safe.
This app thing does it for writte words, amazing idea.
Yeah these would be great for being nosey in cafes oh holiday.
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”
How are YOU giving your power away?
This is one of the top things that must change in the ever-expanding capitalist society.
🙂 heh
You can find cops easily with WAZE – though its not really created to find them to get their help, just to avoid them lol.
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.
Mandatory panic buttons in phones were introduced in India to help protect women from violence and sexual assaults.
Check out this LG smartphone that comes with a built-in panic button.
Here’s another app that offers a panic button feature on phones.
https://www.ravemobilesafety.com/rave-platform/
I found this panic button app for iPhones.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/red-panic-button/id422029296
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.
ILI!