_*Evidence collection in your pocket.
*_*or*_*
Existing technology can create safer society.*_

So there you are yammering away on your cell phone when a drunk driver
cuts you off.
Don't get mad, don't get even, get pictures.

First of all, if you are dedicated to reducing road rage, you wouldn't
be causing more of it by using one hand to hold a distracting
conversation to your ear, right?
But you still feel the need to maximize your time and travel while
talking, so you have a blue tooth
connected to a cell phone equipped with a camera.
  --  Hold down 9 for a half second and point the camera at the offender.
You are standing in line at the bank and the guy in front of you robs
the teller,
  --  Hold down 9 for a half second and point the camera at the offender.
There are shots fired in your neighborhood, you go to the window and see
a high speed chase ensue,
  --  Hold down 9 for a half second and point the camera at the offender.

Why can't we do this? Your GPS enabled camera phone has everything you
would need to instantly identify your location and stream live imaging
to emergency response centers, such as 911 - instant irrefutable
evidence of crime. Why not? Two reasons, the second is most shockingly
appalling!

Software - these phones could be programmed to begin recording when the
9 key is pressed, under any circumstances, (and if the key is released
before a half second, to disregard, and toss out the recording) then
begin connecting to emergency response center and initiating automated
audio and video recording, caller identification and location, and even
automated expert questioning based on extrapolation of received data.
The first reason why we can't just connect surveillance is the lack of
software. Many phones could simply be instantly reprogrammed to offer
this feature immediately. As we speak, it is possible to post captured
video to YouTube and then direct authorities to it's location, and
that's a start. But it's a slow process, certainly a distracting one
while driving, and it brings us to the next question...

They don't want it!  That's right, not only don't they want it, there is
no way to get it to them besides out of band signaling, such as having
them look it up on your YouTube account. But that could be dangerous in
terms of witness intimidation. On Monday night at about 10:15 there were
five shots fired 1602 Pacific Coast Highway, a strip club called the
Gold Club. Across President St. at Bill's liquor, an entourage of
vehicles blocked the street access to Bill's parking lot. I grabbed my
camera and pointed it to whatever action was happening, cars leaving the
scene. Just as I followed one car down the road, two cars squealed
around the corner into view, totally blacked out, with the second car
touting two persons standing out of the right windows shouting
obscenities with arms outstretched. They slowed to 35mph as they
fishtailed a wide right turn through a red traffic signal onto Eastbound
PCH toward Wilmington. The entourage then began pursuit.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=LZcU5d0Lvdk
So I called 911 and started with "Shots fired" and by the time any
useful information was transfered about the incident, the perpetrators
were long gone. When I told them I had interesting video tape of the
incident, and asked if there were somewhere to send it the best answer
was to go down to the station and bring the tape. Which I did.
An hour and a half after the incident, the investigating officers,
Sydanmaa and Marquez assigned to 5adam15, were not interested in seeing
the tape, but I showed it to them anyway on the small lcd display of the
handcam.  I had every capability to transfer HD to a variety of formats
right there in the station. They said no crime had been committed, no
one was shot, no blood, no body, no hospital contact and no bullet
casings. But I had just shown them several vehicle code infractions
indicating a larger conspiracy. This was five weapon discharges, four
evenly spaced shots over two seconds, a pause and the carefully directed
fatal shot. It was a large caliber, short barrel, revolver. I didn't see
it, but I recognize the sound of a .357 (possibly a .38, or a .357
loaded with .38 rounds.) There is no body because both criminal units
have multiple assistants, and there are no casings at the scene because
they are still in the revolver. Many crimes were committed, at the very
least weapons discharge within city limits, but most likely attempted
murder. The last place these people are going to is the hospital, they
know hospitals are required to report shooting incidents, the
victim/criminals took took the injured to a safehouse.

This is not Mother's Day, where several Latin American cultures
celebrate with the ignition of fireworks and fire crackers. On the
previous night three innocent and defenseless teens, including Michael
Byune, made the news when they were erroneously gunned down by cops in
an Inglewood burger shop parking lot, cops who thought the teens fired
at them, which may have influenced these investigating officers.  The
call center was also overwhelmed because a simultaneous gang fight at
the Normandy Casino.  This is five lead slugs traveling at muzzle
velocity and tearing indiscriminately into MY NEIGHBORS - which is
absolutely unacceptable.

This is Tijuana Cartel spilling into the territory of L.A.'s finest -
failing to serve or protect. This is a failed assassination. If a
citizen is willing to stick their neck out to preserve peace and safety,
against the armed and dangerous, they deserve to be heard by those
charged to enforce peace and safety.

These bad actors certainly aren't abiding by the law. But the cops are.
This situation can be remedied retroactively by legislation.
A federal referendum could require that all cellphones sold or serviced
be equipped to provide any and all information capabilities with which
they are equipped, to emergency services when properly keyed by it's
owner/operator. Investigating officers could even view real time info on
their unit monitors.

Allow, nay REQUIRE law enforcement to acknowledge criminal activity
while protecting the respondent in a timely fashion, using existing
technology, including every manner of evidence uploads after the fact.

SO LET'S GET THE VOTE OUT!  Demand your congressperson and
assembly-person, nationally, locally and at the level of state to MAKE
THIS LAW!