Something for all our resilence+networks+technology-loving readers from Gothamist, a proper blog for normal people (well, New Yorkers, anyway):
NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly told reporters yesterday that in a “relatively short period of time” people will be able to send “video and text straight to 911 to increase the flow of information.” Kelly didn’t go into details about how the technology would work, but he did say that “generally speaking, it’s helpful when people record an event taking place that helps us during an investigation.”
The commissioner’s statement would seem to include recent “events” like the now-infamous cop-on-cyclist bodyslam video…
In case you missed it:
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUkiyBVytRQ]
Well, it would be nice to stop that sort of thing. But beware:
One wonders whether Kelly’s encouragement of witness videotaping will filter down to the rank and file – it’s fairly common for police to order people to stop taking photos or video of them, which is legal as long as it doesn’t interfere with police business.
