Cops Use Old Brink's Truck to Shame Suspects
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Cops Use Old Brink's Truck to Shame Suspects
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Re: Cops Use Old Brink's Truck to Shame Suspects
#2Seems that it is probably less to shame and more to threaten the suspects with surveillance of their criminal activities. I don't have any particular issue with it, but I suspect civil libertarians might. (In particular, "We pretend to watch them, to scare them into thinking we really are watching them, and thus to control them without exerting effort" is called the "panopticon" in academic literature, and is widely despised by anybody who has ever said the word "panopticon".)
Re: Cops Use Old Brink's Truck to Shame Suspects
#3So they shame people before they've proven they've committed a crime?
They are putting the neighborhood under surveillance?
I appreciate the ingenuity, but this is big brother-ish.
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#4So they shame people before they've proven they've committed a crime? They are putting the neighborhood under surveillance? I appreciate the ingenuity, but this is big brother-ish.
Yeah, if there are reports of criminal activities the cops should stay away and not look at what's going on, dam those meddling cops stopping criminals from doing their deals.
Presumably you'd like patroling officers to be fitted with blindfolds to avoid them surveilling people from the street?
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#5So they shame people before they've proven they've committed a crime? They are putting the neighborhood under surveillance? I appreciate the ingenuity, but this is big brother-ish.
Yeah, if there are reports of criminal activities the cops should stay away and not look at what's going on, dam those meddling cops stopping criminals from doing their deals. Presumably you'd like patroling officers to be fitted with blindfolds to avoid them surveilling people from the street?
The surveillance footage is rarely reviewed by the police and is saved for just a short time before it is erased.
Re: Cops Use Old Brink's Truck to Shame Suspects
#6Seems another version of the "caveirão" we have here in Rio.
Re: Cops Use Old Brink's Truck to Shame Suspects
#7Reminds me of the NYPD SkyTowers, which from what I've read are generally unmanned and the footage is never reviewed: http://www.ny1.com/Default.aspx?ArID=64500&SecID=1000
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, if there are reports of criminal activities the cops should stay away and not look at what's going on, dam those meddling cops stopping criminals from doing their deals. Presumably you'd like patroling officers to be fitted with blindfolds to avoid them surveilling people from the street?
The surveillance footage is rarely reviewed by the police and is saved for just a short time before it is erased.
A trusting lot you are.
Re: Cops Use Old Brink's Truck to Shame Suspects
#9Seems that it is probably less to shame and more to threaten the suspects with surveillance of their criminal activities. I don't have any particular issue with it, but I suspect civil libertarians might. (In particular, "We pretend to watch them, to scare them into thinking we really are watching them, and thus to control them without exerting effort" is called the "panopticon" in academic literature, and is widely…
Who are "civil libertarians"? People who value their civil liberties? People who are willing to do something to protect them? Whatever they are, you say you're not one. Interesting.
Re: Cops Use Old Brink's Truck to Shame Suspects
#10Reminds me of the NYPD SkyTowers, which from what I've read are generally unmanned and the footage is never reviewed: http://www.ny1.com/Default.aspx?ArID=64500&SecID=1000
Government CCTVs everywhere, now! Deterrence, hooray!
The Armadillo is somehow less offensive as its range is lower and it operates in a lower density area. On the flip side, the SkyTowers don't target anyone whereas the Armadillo is very targeted. Is it fair to publicly shame a person or group of people for a crime they are still presumed innocent of? What about mistakes? What about the police chief's daughter's boyfriend?