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http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/08/12124572-app-records-reports-controversial-police-stop-and-frisk-practice?lite
Various police and law enforcement groups have used "stop and frisk" activities to identify potentially troublesome problems. On the other hand, various civil liberties group feel these are unlawful. Now there is a new app (on Android - soon for iPhone) to record such stop and frisk events.
The article notes:
What do you think? The questions of security and personal privacy are always going to be at odds.
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/08/12124572-app-records-reports-controversial-police-stop-and-frisk-practice?lite
Various police and law enforcement groups have used "stop and frisk" activities to identify potentially troublesome problems. On the other hand, various civil liberties group feel these are unlawful. Now there is a new app (on Android - soon for iPhone) to record such stop and frisk events.
The article notes:
Believe you are witnessing an unlawful police stop and want to record the moment? There's an app for that, courtesy of the New York Civil Liberties Union.
The group released a free smartphone application on Wednesday that allows people to record videos of and report police “stop and frisk” activity, a practice widely denounced by civil rights groups as unjustified stops that they say mostly target minorities and almost never results in an arrest.
The app was thoroughly criticized by the New York Police Department, which said that the tool might prove useful for criminals.
What do you think? The questions of security and personal privacy are always going to be at odds.
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