having followed many a story the last couple decades, i get a sense that since the police have gone militarized, they tend to be the ones doing most of the shooting - as in, overkill mode. overwhelming force.
take for example that couple shot to death in their car recently. 120+ rounds in 30 seconds. they were innocent. they could not fire back, because they had no guns. one detective in particular executed them at close range with multiple magazine changes.
or take Watertown recently with the Boston bombers. the guy that hid in the boat. the police used a number of grenandes on him, then they shot the boat up pretty good, and hit more than a few houses while they were at it. the bad guy didn't have a gun. so, there's a nice case of tracking how many shots actually happened during the excitement. at least one guy has a new chair due to the bullet hole ;)
what's interesting with some of the tracking systems i've read about, is that coupled with cameras, they can FIND the scene of the shoot, potentially even get some facial recognition on the perp, and TRACK them while they attempt to run. combine that with some other stuff, and well, it could be an interesting window on shootouts. course, the other things it can be used for... not so great.
if the police weren't so good at losing data when convenient, a bullet tracking / counting system could be used against them, much like their own dash cams tend to do.
there are many very good police out there, but it seems a number of the bad ones end up on youtube sooner or later.
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having followed many a story the last couple decades, i get a sense that since the police have gone militarized, they tend to be the ones doing most of the shooting - as in, overkill mode. overwhelming force.
take for example that couple shot to death in their car recently. 120+ rounds in 30 seconds. they were innocent. they could not fire back, because they had no guns. one detective in particular executed them at close range with multiple magazine changes.
or take Watertown recently with the Boston bombers. the guy that hid in the boat. the police used a number of grenandes on him, then they shot the boat up pretty good, and hit more than a few houses while they were at it. the bad guy didn't have a gun. so, there's a nice case of tracking how many shots actually happened during the excitement. at least one guy has a new chair due to the bullet hole ;)
what's interesting with some of the tracking systems i've read about, is that coupled with cameras, they can FIND the scene of the shoot, potentially even get some facial recognition on the perp, and TRACK them while they attempt to run. combine that with some other stuff, and well, it could be an interesting window on shootouts. course, the other things it can be used for... not so great.
if the police weren't so good at losing data when convenient, a bullet tracking / counting system could be used against them, much like their own dash cams tend to do.
there are many very good police out there, but it seems a number of the bad ones end up on youtube sooner or later.
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