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Napa Police and Google Ogles

The recent South Napa officer involved shooting and the soon to be launched Google glasses.

                                                                                                        Recently, a man was shot in the chest after exiting a vehicle in South Napa.  He was apparently fired on by a Napa Police officer.   There is established protocol that is usually followed by law enforcement agencies regarding the method used to extract suspected felons from their vehicles.  This is known as a " Felony Stop ".  Anyone who has seen an episode of COPS knows how it goes.  It is slow, deliberate, and most importantly,  SAFE.                     This protocol, logically, seems impossible to have been adhered to if the officer in question did indeed have to resort to shooting the suspect.  Felony stops are executed everyday, countrywide, for the safety of the law enforcement personnel and the public.  During a felony stop, the only time that a suspect would be facing an officer is when he is in handcuffs, or in custody.  If circumstances dictated that the  personnel involved in the South Napa shooting thought this to have been anything but a felony stop, then we could see how the man was injured.                                            That brings us to this question:  Could the Napa Police Department, and law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and around the world benefit from the use of the soon to launched Google Glasses?  According to the manufacturer, this device, worn like conventional glasses, is able to record, video, audio, audio messages, and is able to provide language interpretations,   Time, location, and temperature is also available, and what is viewed by the end user can be transmitted to another location.  Instantly.                              Law enforcement agencies could apply for grants, if the cost is prohibitively taxing.  We are sure that they would pay for themselves in a reasonable amount of time.  They would also probably be admissible in a court of law.   HRM

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