~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C'punks, Mark Hittinger had several thoughts about real-time surveillance. He wrote: ... The technology to fabricate video evidence is there is it not? Big problem with self-surveillance; not a problem with a properly set up system of police surveillance. The critical element is a trusted third-party agency to archive the tapes. There was a relatively recent sad case of two officers that had a video camera installed in their patrol car.... the occupants of the car murdered the policemen and the *entire* scene was obtained on video tape.... It is possible that they might have been saved had this been real-time video rather than taped. Yes, and real-time video monitoring would be a good upgrade when the technology allows it (real-time location monitoring is possible now). In the meantime, *obvious* video recording would also help protect officers in that some perps would think twice before killing someone *on camera*. ... Another great idea would be anonymous real-time monitoring of vital signs along with position data. Auto-911 if you will. We know somebody at this corner had a heart attack 5 minutes ago where is he? The developers of the localizer technology I mentioned in my article have anticipated you. Their equipment can do real-time vital sign monitoring. There are some obvious benefits for wired cops plus some subtle drawbacks for bad cops. (I leave discovery of said drawbacks as an exercise for the student.) S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~