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NYPD Creating Mobile Street Scanners for Concealed Weapons


                                                          10:00 AM - January 23, 2012                           -                           By                            Tuan Mai                           -                            Source : Gothamist

                                             There goes your privacy!
                                             


ZoomIf  you've ever felt violated at the airport thanks to all of those fancy  body scanners and search mechanics, you might be unsettled to learn that  the police are developing a mobile version of the full body scanners  found in many modern airports. Such a device would allow the police to  scan the streets from the safety of their cars without anybody even  knowing about it.

    Although it is being designed to help officers determine whether or  not somebody is armed and dangerous, we have a feeling such a device  might cause some controversy regarding privacy. Seeing as how some  people are already upset about searches at the airport (a place we  expect to be searched and scanned) giving police the ability to scan  people anywhere without their consent or knowledge could be bad.

    The project was announced earlier this week by NYPD Commissioner Ray  Kelly who stated that the NYPD and the Department of Defense were able  to create a successful prototype. The current prototype is only capable  of scanning from a range of three to four feet, but Kelly is fairly  confident the device will soon be able to reach up to eighty feet. If  the project does continue and reach such a long range, we just hope the  device produces images clear enough to differentiate between a firearm  and an iPod.

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