So not satisfied to virtually disrobe us at the airport. With the option of a frisk grope instead. Police in NYC will now be able to ogle unsuspecting citizens without strip searching them. No longer will they have to wonder if they are real or silicone they can check for themselves from the privacy of their prowlers. Do the devices come with a tube of lube and a box of tissues too? I wonder.
Presumably sick of all the bleeding heart liberals whining about civil rights, NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly has devised an elegant solution to sidestep the controversy over his department's stop and frisk policy. Speaking at a State of the NYPD breakfast this morning, Kelly announced that the NYPD is developing a kind of infrared technology that will enable police officers to detect whether individuals are carrying guns under their clothing. Sure, it's not as badass as shooting down a plane, but at least cops will finally be able to see what's under our clothes without having to get out of their cars.
The mechanism, which the NYPD is developing with help from the U.S. Department of Defense, currently only works at a short range of three or four feet. But Kelly thinks they can improve it to scan citizens from a distance of up to 25 meters away. He announced this morning that the gadget will be mounted on NYPD vans with "the infrared rays shooting up the street at the person," as the Post puts it.
The gadget will be mounted on an NYPD van with the infrared rays shooting up the street at the person.
Even better they can use the van as their own little tea room without being bothered by the prying eyes of citizens.