From: tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 94 19:05:55 PST
To: pstemari@fsp.fsp.com (Paul Ste. Marie)
Subject: Re: real time surveillances
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Paul Ste. Marie wrote:
> 
> > 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.

I can't speak for what Sandy S. meant, but I can assure you that a
"broadcast polygraph" is not planned, nor is it likely to be
technologically feasible any time soon.

The basic technology is for position localization, not vital sign
reporting, etc. To be sure, a vital signs subsystem could be linked to
another system (as could a polygraph, with a lot of effort). But such
is not the main intended purpose.

--Tim May


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