Oct 31 2007Police To Use Gun Cameras For Evidence
Police officers in Orange County, New York are having their guns fitted with pistol cameras, which show the view of the barrel and target. When an officer removes the gun from its holster, it starts recording. The resulting video will help justify lawful shootings, as well as aid in disciplining officers responsible for wrongful shots. If nothing else, this new arrival should provide for some pretty interesting Youtube footage.
Please note I was unaware of the Philadelphia tragedy at the time of initial commentary.
Pistol Cam Offers Police Gun Barrel View [therawfeed]
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Reader Comments
1. first - October 31, 2007 10:16 AM
First!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh and cops are gay!
2. second - October 31, 2007 10:19 AM
Second!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh and you are gay!
3. third - October 31, 2007 10:19 AM
Third!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh and im gay!
4. fourth - October 31, 2007 10:20 AM
Fourth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh, apparently i missed the boat. Thats gay!
5. fifth - October 31, 2007 10:20 AM
Fifth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
6. sixth - October 31, 2007 10:21 AM
Sixth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well I guess I have work to do. Ever gay!
7. boredom - October 31, 2007 10:24 AM
SEVENTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There's nothing left to call gay. Lesbians ARE GAY
8. eighth - October 31, 2007 10:25 AM
Eighth!!!!!!!!!!
9. gia - October 31, 2007 10:30 AM
thats cool i like it!
10. Uncle Eccoli - October 31, 2007 10:34 AM
This is a great idea - anything that helps to keep the crooked bastards in line gets a gold star from me.
11. boredom - October 31, 2007 10:58 AM
come to think of it also if these fall under that freedom to steal information act or whatever then there could be a heck of a lot more great youtube videos coming soon.
12. CD - October 31, 2007 12:48 PM
Next time they should invite a bullet-camera a la Max Payne, that would make for even better videos.
13. CD - October 31, 2007 12:49 PM
"invite" -> "invent"
must have been somewhere else with my thoughts :(
14. Feckless - October 31, 2007 1:36 PM
So now they get to cap someone and take the video home and choke the chicken while watching it? That's not gay. Gay is friendlier.
15. Violet - October 31, 2007 2:36 PM
The manufacturers of the Taser were offering something like this to police departments in Florida, due to Florida cops complete inability to NOT Tase 6-year-olds.
@ 11 - My first thought was "World's Scariest Police Shootouts," or some other reality dreck, but I bet a lot of YouTube videos will come out of this, as well.
16. boredom - October 31, 2007 2:56 PM
yeah I def think there will be some good vids with this, of course the fact that there's now 5 pounds hanging off the very end of your gun means you probably won't hit shit. Not that they ever do anyway
17. Phillygrrl - October 31, 2007 7:20 PM
Actually- that donut comment is poorly timed.
This happened today in Philadelphia:
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/10915436.html
18. poop - November 1, 2007 3:15 AM
i know a coast guard officer that could use one of these for entertainment purposes.
19. Erik - November 1, 2007 8:10 AM
Check this out -- they first came up with this stuff in 1938.
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/16/camera-on-policemans-revolver-snaps-evidence/
20. guest1234567 - November 1, 2007 12:49 PM
What the fuck is wrong with this guy. A philly cop who was shot in the head at a Dunkin Donuts died this morning. This joke was not cool.