From: pstemari@fsp.fsp.com (Paul Ste. Marie)
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 94 18:51:39 PST
To: sandfort@crl.com
Subject: real time surveillances
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> 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.