17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
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.)
Heh. You mean, I assume, that such a device would, when worn by an officer in court, essentially become a broadcast polygraph? It would also provide an interesting check in wrongful force cases as to whether a cop really was in fear of his life at a given time.