New FBI data shows case closure rates for the Atlanta Police Department have not improved despite thousands of ALPRs installed since 2021.
  • Zak@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2 hours

    Sure would be a shame if someone pointed lasers into them.

    • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
      44 minutes

      Spray paint poles are cheaper and safer. Tungsten carbide sawzall blades aren’t that expensive either

    • Malyca@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1 hour

      You’d need a laser powerful enough and those are hard to get. Those are super dangerous I’d recommend people stay away from them if they don’t know about how they work.

      • Zak@lemmy.worldEnglish
        53 minutes

        Absolutely. 500mW+ lasers can injure human eyes in a fraction of a second, even from a reflection, similar to how they can destroy a camera sensor.

        They’re not particularly hard to get online in the USA though.

  • soratoyuki@piefed.zipEnglish
    2 hours

    The police have been yelling for years that fighting crime is just an unwanted side effect of their actual jobs; protecting capital and killing brown people.

    One of these days we should believe them.

  • Ex Nummis@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6 hours

    That was never the objective in the first place. Blanket surveillance and getting people used to the idea of zero privacy, ever again.

    • FauxLiving@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5 hours

      “Under observation, we act less free, which means we effectively are less free.”

      -Edward Snowden

  • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
    7 hours

    Just like most AI, it makes the user lazier. And I’m someone who is forced to use AI for work and I can confirm.

    Why would police actively try to solve a crime when they could lean on flock? Even if it gets it wrong they can say they tried and then move on.