~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C'punks, Paul Ste. Marie offered an interesting suggestion to the use of vital signs transmitted from wired cops: ... such a device would, when worn by an officer in court, essentially become a broadcast polygraph... Tim May is correct that a "broadcast polygraph" is not planned by Fleming and Co. However, they do contemplate at least sampling vital signs using their technology. Since my opinion is that polygraphs are almost totally useless for detecting deception, I think the same would apply in spades to broadcast vital signs. In addition, all that is planned for the localizer is pulse and maybe blood pressure. That's enough to see if the officer is in trouble (or engaged in sexual activity, by the way), but not enough to test his/her veracity. S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~