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Tony Montana 
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Posted on: Jan. 18 2004,4:19 am |
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But the real question is, are the cops smart enough to operate the computers? 
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ballsy
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Posted on: Jan. 18 2004,12:41 pm |
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just keep the computers away from the windshields, I don't want the cops to shoot their computer the next time they shoot through their windshield.
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irisheyes
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Posted on: Jan. 18 2004,1:42 pm |
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| Quote (Guest @ Jan. 18 2004,1:50:am) | | it wouldn't be a determining factor for if someone is going to get a speeding ticket. |
Oh, it wouldn't, huh? What else do you think they look it when decideing? They look at your driving history, and if you have prior traffic violations within the last few years your going to get a ticket. It doesn't matter what excuse you give them, they already have your traffic history, thats all they care about (unless you start mouthing off, then you'll probably get a ticket regardless).
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minnow
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Posted on: Jan. 18 2004,7:20 pm |
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I was shocked when I moved to AL and listened to the scanner here. On virually every traffic stop the dispatcher would report things like, "2 prior speeds in 87 and 91, a stop sign violation in 84"
Huh? What does that info have to do with determining if a crime is being committed or not? It doesn't...it's simple info a officer can use to practice descrimination. Now they won't even have to "go through" dispatch. Usually the dispatcher can determine if the police officer is abusing his authority. Now abusers get to by-pass dispatch...not good for fairness and justice.
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Spidey
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Posted on: Jan. 19 2004,2:43 am |
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What will the computers tell the police that the dispatchers can't? If the answer is nothing ... wouldn't it be safer and faster to let the dispatchers do what they were hired to do?
I believe it's a "good" thing to let the police know if the person they are chasing is a known drug head, known for weapons, or has a warrant amongst a few other things. It does make a difference. However, dispatchers have all of this information ... and it takes a matter of seconds to send it to the officer. So why would they even want this in squad cars?
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minnow
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Posted on: Jan. 19 2004,3:48 am |
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Why do you think?
I mean really. are you that slow. Don't answer that! LOL  I already know the answer.
Why...are you even serious? Don't answer that! LOL
It's a mechanism to by-pass dispatch and allow every officer access to anyone at anytime for ANY reason and no one will be the wiser. That's not good.
Think about what you're saying. "A known druggy"....
What you really mean is you want cops to search a subject for drugs for a non drug related stop. By saying "known druggy" you mean one who may have a prior pot arrest at any time in their past. That to you is "known druggy". Then you want the officer to use that old inforrmation against the subject.
That's just plain sick...
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Liberal
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Posted on: Jan. 19 2004,10:00 am |
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The police department would like to get their hands on some of the 2004 fire and police pension refund interest earnings for technology that would make their department "much more efficient," said Assistant Police Chief Dwaine Winkels.
The earnings should total around $450,000, according to City Manager Paul Sparks, and the department has requested $370,000.
Police officials have been studying mobile computing systems, which would provide officers access to information from computers in their squad cars, Winkels said.
Using the computers, they could retrieve information such as driving records, criminal histories and probation and parole records of people they have pulled over.
While this information has always been available to the officers, the computers would make the department more efficient, Winkels said. In the past, officers had to relay requests to dispatchers who looked it up from the LEC.
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If this is going to make the P.D. more effecient at a cost of over $300K wouldn't you think we could eliminate a few dispatcher positions and go back to one dispatcher per shift. We could make the initial investment back in saved wages and benefits in a couple years.
In the end the chief is not going to get Sparks to cough up the P.D.'s money to the P.D., so I don't think we'll be seeing computers in squad cars for awhile
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Spidey
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Posted on: Jan. 19 2004,10:44 am |
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minnow .. how can you be so blinded? ... wait, don't answer that!
minnow ... why do you always tell people what they area "really" saying ... wait, don't answer that!
If I were a cop I would like to know for my own safety if I was chasing a meth head or any other known drug head. It makes a difference how they "may" react. Why keep the officers in the dark about this? It could be there life on the line. They still wouldn't be able to do anything illegal if they have this info.
My point was ... why the computers vs dispatch. They can already get this info through them.
minnow ... you are such a little garbage eater swimming in a large sea of life ... you have so much to learn.
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GEOKARJO
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Posted on: Jan. 19 2004,12:24 pm |
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the computers will allow the officers to work in better without the public intercepting radio transmissions. As I said in an earlier post, "imagine if Hitler had our technology." We would have been citizens of the fatherland 50 years sooner.
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minnow
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Posted on: Jan. 19 2004,12:36 pm |
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"If I were a cop I would like to know for my own safety if I was chasing a meth head or any other known drug head"
God you're a moron...Jesus why is your IQ so low? What the hell is a "known drug head"? What does that even mean?
If a person has prior traffic tickets, would they be a "known speeder"? LOL
Albert is dumb because of people like you. Dumb white trash through and through.
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