Gun Barrel Camera

Juniper Foo | Nov 02, 2007

The next time an officer in blue pulls out his handpiece, say cheese. Because attached to the barrel of his pistol is a lipstick-sized camera that starts videotaping the moment the gun is pulled from his holster. It's all part of the US law enforcement's agenda to go high-tech in its crime-fighting, including ensuring that such gun barrel cameras will make it easier, legally, to prove who's in the right or wrong during a shootout. Does this tape in audio, too, we wonder.

Of course, there's no accounting for fudging it with tech "malfunctions". Nor would we be surprised if some of those clips mysteriously found their way onto YouTube. That aside, it's a sound enough deterrent (think before you shoot, literally and figuratively?) that sure beats the Thai's idea of shaming errant cops with Hello Kitty armbands!

Via CNN

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