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Gunshot 'GPS' could help in neighborhoods

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protias

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http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/116785178.html

This seems like a pretty neat technology. However, perhaps they should patrol more in those areas where violence in high? Oh wait, police can't be everywhere. Maybe honest citizens should be armed where and when they please? And besides, this system is not going to help with stabbing or beatings. In fact, most rapes are done with no inanimate objects. It seems Milwaukee thinks only "gun violence" is the only type of violence out there. :rolleyes:
 
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While the concept is interesting I don't think that all of Milwaukee should have to pay for a system just in the ghettos. What the police should try to do is arrest and hold violent offenders, not wait for them to go out shooting before they come to get them.
 
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anmut said:
While the concept is interesting I don't think that all of Milwaukee should have to pay for a system just in the ghettos. What the police should try to do is arrest and hold violent offenders, not wait for them to go out shooting before they come to get them.
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Or keep them in prison instead of releasing them? Or better yet, reinstate capital punishment for WI. Then the violent criminals will be kept off the street!
 
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So the response time is fast enough to intercept the projectile before hitting it's target? If not, why waste the time and money? Instead, why not empower the people to be able to defend themselves and take the criminal elopement off the streets and keep them locked up?
 
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$500,000 for a military tool designed for locating snipers? If you got snipers pinning down patrols; you got more problems than just their location...other than that, how 'bout ya just roll the window down; and listen...daah!!!
 
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Milwaukee just kicked out how many hundreds of thousands of dollars
for a radio system that dont work.

If they wanna know where the gunshots are comin from
extrapalate the data from the dead guy.

Here's a hint...if its inside my door way they wont have far to look.

Let us do our job protecting our selves,and we wont need this B.S.

LR Yote
 
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Lurchiron said:
how 'bout ya just roll the window down; and listen...daah!!!
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No ****. That's what I was thinking.

According to Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn, in some places people don't even bother calling 911 after hearing a gunshot.
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The dipsh*t knows where "some places" are. So that's where his Troops are located as well. Right?


(ah-ha, censor program didn't see that one coming now did it!)
 
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Leave it Milwaukee to find yet another new way to waste colossal sums of cash on crap that won't solve the problem.
 
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Let's just walk around that elephant in the room....

What a great idea; for a half million dollars, the police will now know exactly where to go to tag 'em, bag 'em, and fill out a report. :banghead: Maybe this is an initiative to save gas in the cruisers.

Did they ever think that maybe the reason residents don't call in gun shots any more is because nothing timely or useful is ever done about it. Let's just walk around that elephant in the room....
 
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Agreed.
So far nothing has solved the problem.
Of Flynn and his wandering trouser snake.
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He should go away, no arguing that. Sad thing is that they will hire another just like him. As long as there is a Lib in the mayor's office nothing will change.

Another thing that does not help is aldermen screaming bloody murder when police try to clean out the hood.
 
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davegran said:
What a great idea; for a half million dollars, the police will now know exactly where to go to tag 'em, bag 'em, and fill out a report. :banghead: Maybe this is an initiative to save gas in the cruisers.

Did they ever think that maybe the reason residents don't call in gun shots any more is because nothing timely or useful is ever done about it. Let's just walk around that elephant in the room....
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They don't call it in because they hate the police more than the gang bangers.
 
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ok maybe i am wrong here but seems to me this requires microphones and said microphones could (not saying they will but just could) be used for "spying" on people. Again i am not even implying the police would be the ones doing this but anything can be hacked and miss used..... just saying
 
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Doesn't Janesville have a similar system in place already? HAs that system ever been of any use?
 
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