The New York Police Department is reported to be considering the usefulness it would have Google Glass, during real police operations.
According to his report Venture Beat, a New York police official during a chat, admitted that the possibility of using the Google Glass. "We have acquired a few sets of Google's 'smart glasses' and are testing them to see how useful they are during police investigations, especially during patrols," the official said, adding "we control the way modeof them".
If this is true, it would not be a great surprise. In the summer of 2013, a federal judge instructed the New York Police Department to find ways to stop violations of the rights of citizens, particularly minorities. Within the framework of this particular mandate, it was proposed to use wearable cameras in five police stations where controversial regular investigations were observed.
As research has shown in the United States, the use of cameras that "monitor" police movements has improved their behavior in the performance of their duties. Perhaps Google Glass is coming to meet this requirement.
For its part, Google has stated that it is not cooperating with the New York authorities and that the city police may have acquired the set of spectacles through the program Google Glass Explorer. The cost of using a set of spectacles together with related apps amounts to 1.500 dollars.
Αξίζει να σημειωθεί ότι δεν είναι η πρώτη φορά που οι υπηρεσίες security της Νέας Υόρκης θα ενσωματώσουν στις δομές τους products high technology. Already in 2012, the city's police and Microsoft have been working together to create a tool (Domain Awareness System) that will collect and manage data from surveillance, mainly for the needs of counter-terrorism operations.
Source: naftemporiki.gr
