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Re:Little Brother is watching: San Francisco PD relying on c... by DanBC on Saturday November 03, 2012 @08:13PM (#4738371)
> I see this trend going even further though. A lot of people have suspicions about crime before it even takes place. A person standing in front of a car and looking around to see who's watching, for example.

> What if they could report suspicion and have that alert property owners and police before a crime occurs?

Neighbourhood watch schemes are not new.

They do, rarely, have problems.

> Dispatcher: Are you following him?

> Zimmerman: Yeah.

> Dispatcher: Okay, we don't need you to do that.

> Zimmerman: Okay.

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Re:Little Brother is watching: San Francisco PD relying on c... by stretchwithme on Saturday November 03, 2012 @09:12PM (#4738525)
Anytime someone starts carrying a gun around and acting like a cop without being trained or uniformed as a cop, there's going to be problems.
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Re:Little Brother is watching: San Francisco PD relying on c... by naww on Saturday November 03, 2012 @09:51PM (#4738616)
Anytime someone starts carrying a gun around and acting like a cop while being trained and uniformed as a cop, there's going to be problems, if you film them.
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