Date: September 16th, 2009

The robocop on the beat: Part 1, seen being seen

16 September, 2009 (10:45) | Crime, Housing, Innovations, Slums, Speculation, US News | No comments

By: David A. Smith

 
Does deterrence come not from seeing but being seen?
 

Do you feel more secure seeing me?
 
Our parents thought so; for them the cop on the beat was a reassuring figure, heir to the town crier’s All’s Well. 
 

All is well
Today technology has replaced the beat cop with the video camera, the forensics team, [...]