I should file this under ‘super empowered sheepdogs’ or SEI, because that is what we will need to combat super empowered individuals (SEI) and groups. I brought up the Joker from the movie Dark Knight in past posts, as the epitome of a SEI. These SEI’s are individuals that learn about their cause and how to prosecute it, all on their own. They can conduct operations that can cause a lot of death and damage, and with tools like the internet, they are intellectually empowered to create all sorts of mayhem. Law enforcement cannot be everywhere and at all times, so it is important to tap on to the one resource out there that can be everywhere and at all times. That resource is you.
Now one idea for iWatch is to make it into a mobile application. Not only could you update what to look for on each smart phone through updates, but iWatch could send alerts with new info, straight to the iWatch mobile application. The other thing they could do is put the ‘most wanted’ list on iWatch, with a last known location (LKL) function attached to that list. I would set it up where the iWatch app notifies you when you are in the area of a LKL of a most wanted individual or individuals. It would be a reminder of who to look for, based on specific areas.
The way I could see it working is that you have your iPhone or PDA in your pocket, and then as you are walking around, you get a notification. You as the user could set up your notifications and alerts to your personal preference, but either way, you get a notification in the form of a alarm or vibration. You pull out your phone, hit the alert tab on your iWatch icon, and then it gives you the details. Now you will have a picture in your head for that specific area. And now the odds of a offhand spotting of a booger eater increases. Or even an offhand spotting of a vehicle listed or of suspicious activity. There are all types of things you could do with this. Hell, you could even do like Crime Stoppers, and attach bounties and awards to this, to further increase the odds of a capture. –Matt
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Police departments back anti-terror citizens watch
By EILEEN SULLIVAN (AP) – 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON — Big city police chiefs are backing an anti-terrorism community watch program to educate people about what behavior is truly suspicious and ought to be reported to police.
Police Chief William Bratton of Los Angeles, whose department developed the iWATCH program, calls it the 21st century version of Neighborhood Watch.