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Cameraphones. They’re everywhere these days. From James Bond to your grandmother, cameras in cellphones are a fact of life. And, cameraphones are good for more than just taking badly-framed self-portraits or the occasional candid photo on the street, they can also be used to fight crime. At least that’s the way the New York Police Department sees it.
The NYPD has announced that they will be embracing cameraphone (and any other camera or video camera) technology in their fight against wrong-doers in the city that never sleeps. Following an incident, last year, involving an act of police brutality caught on video and posted to YouTube, the NYPD will be inviting its citizen sleuths to send in pictures and videos of any criminal actions – whether the illegal acts are being carried out by citizens or police officers. The move mirrors cameraphone initiatives in Boston and Cincinnati, enlisting the citizen brigade in the fight against crime.
“We’re putting that technology in place to enable us to do that,” said Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. The NYPD will soon have a service that allows regular Joe Cameraphone to send in a picture or video of malcontents in action. With a veritable army of detectives, armed with cameraphones, roaming the city’s streets, the new picture messaging initiative has the potential to bring true justice to NYC.
[Via: Reuters]
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Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
