Like it's going to be armored?
I would lean on the body armor they wear and all the donuts they eat is why they are reinforced...lol
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I would lean on the body armor they wear and all the donuts they eat is why they are reinforced...lol
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I believe Epic Meal Time on YT figured out what kind of vests cops wear.
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You can't run from the cop car of the future
No license plate goes unread, no suspicious vehicle goes unnoticed
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The police car of the future, as envisioned by Motorola Solutions.
Police cars of the very near future will be scary smart. Equipped with eight cameras, voice commands, incredibly intelligent software, and LTE radios, perps won't get away with anything.
Motorola Solutions isn't working on building the latest and greatest Droid — that's Motorola Mobility. These guys have their fingers more in corporate and governmental pots. Engineers have done hundreds of ride-alongs, surveys, and simulations, and have applied all of their wireless knowledge into designing a police car that is so advanced it's actually very unsettling. Here are some highlights:
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The system could record up to 10,000 license plates during a typical patrol shift.
Automated license plate recognition
The car's outward facing cameras will be scanning every license plate that passes through their field of vision. Impossible, you say? Using infrared as well as standard cameras, Motorola says their system can see and store up 10,000 license plates in a shift. In bad weather. Even if there's a 130 mph difference in speed between the cars. All of which is insane. According to Motorola, "Typically, the system will scan and recognize a plate in about 1 to 2 seconds and compare it instantaneously against a locally stored database of plates of interest (i.e. stolen cars, known felons, people who haven't paid their parking tickets in years, etc)." The system would then alert the officer. Um, wow.
View a video of the future cop car on Gizmodo
A central database will also keep track of what cars were where and when. Why? Say there was a murder on the 100 block of X Street. Cops put the time of death at about 3 p.m. If a patrol car just happened to have passed by that block 15 minutes earlier, they have a list of all the cars that were parked in that area. If another killing happens somewhere else, and again, the cops had driven by some time around then, the system can cross-check those licenses and come up with a list of suspects. That's an extreme example, of course, but that's how it could be used. Could it also be misused? Yeah, it most definitely could.
LTE and cameras
All those cameras? In addition to constantly caching video, they can also stream it back to headquarters in realtime. If a cop pulls someone over, that means more eyes can be on the situation. Such a thing was impossible in the past because there was no wireless technology that could handle that kind of bandwidth. 4G to the rescue. The LTE also means that the officer in the field will have greatly enhanced access to remote computer systems.
LTE aside, the onboard computer will be a pair of eyes as well. The car may be able to see something the cop can't, especially at night, or when the officer is already over at the suspect's vehicle. If, for example, one of the cameras detects motion in the suspect's back seat, the computer system can sound an alert to warn the officer of potential danger. I'd say this has a high potential for false-positives, but I didn't get to see it in action. One of the ways it might alert the officer, besides the obvious bleat from the siren, is via the...
Gizmodo
A Motorola-designed head-worn heads-up display would help cops manage data and control systems.
Heads-up display glasses
Okay, so this one's still a little ways off. The unit I tested in the video above was very much a prototype. The screen that covered one of my eyes looked like a feature phone from a few years ago, it just did basic tasks, and it was slow to respond to voice commands. The concept, however, is very interesting. It would open the door not only for the car's computer or someone at headquarters to be able to relay messages to the officer as they are speaking with a suspect, but it could record video and offer more situational awareness than the officer would have with just the naked eyes. Infrared vision is just one of the possibilities.
View future cop car gallery on Gizmodo
Motorola's whole system is designed to be extremely intuitive and easy to use in a high pressure situation. Almost everything is done with either a single button-press or a voice command. They even thought to put the voice control button right on the steering wheel. Oh, and it's coming sooner than you think. Many of these features are being tested and rolled out now in cities like Los Angeles, and they will be coming to more and more areas soon. As LTE blankets the country, these systems will follow, and over the course of the next few years it will be rule rather than the exception. Basically, there's never been a worse time to be on the cops' bad side.
article > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45510972
No license plate goes unread, no suspicious vehicle goes unnoticed
Gizmodo
The police car of the future, as envisioned by Motorola Solutions.
Police cars of the very near future will be scary smart. Equipped with eight cameras, voice commands, incredibly intelligent software, and LTE radios, perps won't get away with anything.
Motorola Solutions isn't working on building the latest and greatest Droid — that's Motorola Mobility. These guys have their fingers more in corporate and governmental pots. Engineers have done hundreds of ride-alongs, surveys, and simulations, and have applied all of their wireless knowledge into designing a police car that is so advanced it's actually very unsettling. Here are some highlights:
Gizmodo
The system could record up to 10,000 license plates during a typical patrol shift.
Automated license plate recognition
The car's outward facing cameras will be scanning every license plate that passes through their field of vision. Impossible, you say? Using infrared as well as standard cameras, Motorola says their system can see and store up 10,000 license plates in a shift. In bad weather. Even if there's a 130 mph difference in speed between the cars. All of which is insane. According to Motorola, "Typically, the system will scan and recognize a plate in about 1 to 2 seconds and compare it instantaneously against a locally stored database of plates of interest (i.e. stolen cars, known felons, people who haven't paid their parking tickets in years, etc)." The system would then alert the officer. Um, wow.
View a video of the future cop car on Gizmodo
A central database will also keep track of what cars were where and when. Why? Say there was a murder on the 100 block of X Street. Cops put the time of death at about 3 p.m. If a patrol car just happened to have passed by that block 15 minutes earlier, they have a list of all the cars that were parked in that area. If another killing happens somewhere else, and again, the cops had driven by some time around then, the system can cross-check those licenses and come up with a list of suspects. That's an extreme example, of course, but that's how it could be used. Could it also be misused? Yeah, it most definitely could.
LTE and cameras
All those cameras? In addition to constantly caching video, they can also stream it back to headquarters in realtime. If a cop pulls someone over, that means more eyes can be on the situation. Such a thing was impossible in the past because there was no wireless technology that could handle that kind of bandwidth. 4G to the rescue. The LTE also means that the officer in the field will have greatly enhanced access to remote computer systems.
LTE aside, the onboard computer will be a pair of eyes as well. The car may be able to see something the cop can't, especially at night, or when the officer is already over at the suspect's vehicle. If, for example, one of the cameras detects motion in the suspect's back seat, the computer system can sound an alert to warn the officer of potential danger. I'd say this has a high potential for false-positives, but I didn't get to see it in action. One of the ways it might alert the officer, besides the obvious bleat from the siren, is via the...
Gizmodo
A Motorola-designed head-worn heads-up display would help cops manage data and control systems.
Heads-up display glasses
Okay, so this one's still a little ways off. The unit I tested in the video above was very much a prototype. The screen that covered one of my eyes looked like a feature phone from a few years ago, it just did basic tasks, and it was slow to respond to voice commands. The concept, however, is very interesting. It would open the door not only for the car's computer or someone at headquarters to be able to relay messages to the officer as they are speaking with a suspect, but it could record video and offer more situational awareness than the officer would have with just the naked eyes. Infrared vision is just one of the possibilities.
View future cop car gallery on Gizmodo
Motorola's whole system is designed to be extremely intuitive and easy to use in a high pressure situation. Almost everything is done with either a single button-press or a voice command. They even thought to put the voice control button right on the steering wheel. Oh, and it's coming sooner than you think. Many of these features are being tested and rolled out now in cities like Los Angeles, and they will be coming to more and more areas soon. As LTE blankets the country, these systems will follow, and over the course of the next few years it will be rule rather than the exception. Basically, there's never been a worse time to be on the cops' bad side.
article > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45510972
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Automated license plate scanning is potentially very, very scary. I have nothing to hide but am not comfortable with having big brother watching every move my vehicle makes. Jeez...
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that is pretty wild. I've heard of tech like this, but it's crazy to see it's ready to be implemented? I wonder what departments/cities will cough up the money to get this first?
Chevrolet Caprice PPV
Perhaps in an effort to compensate for the lackluster and underendowed Impala, Chevy will also offer an all-new Caprice outfitted for police duty, complete with a 6.0-liter 355-horsepower V8 engine mated to a 6-speed automatic transmission. While still technically down in horsepower compared with its competitors, the V8 should be more than adequate to keep up with renegade criminals who somehow believe they can make a clean getaway.
So these have been sold to the public as they are decommissioning the vehicles.
This one is selling local to me for $10k...
2015 Chevy Caprice PPV
Ex NJ State Trooper
6.0 V8 134K miles
Runs and Drives well
Backup Camera / Cold AC / Heat / Radio works / Typical dings and dents in your usual cop car / Clean Interior
$10K OBO
Bad ; Needs o2 sensors fixed and engine mount. Plan on fixing it
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You looking to get a cop car?So these have been sold to the public as they are decommissioning the vehicles.
This one is selling local to me for $10k...
2015 Chevy Caprice PPV
Ex NJ State Trooper
6.0 V8 134K miles
Runs and Drives well
Backup Camera / Cold AC / Heat / Radio works / Typical dings and dents in your usual cop car / Clean Interior
$10K OBO
Bad ; Needs o2 sensors fixed and engine mount. Plan on fixing it
I've always liked them and have been researching them lol