RE: [NF] Sorta - vfp 9 app in the news

Author: Gilbert M. Hale

Posted: 2010-03-02 at 09:25:26

John, congrats! I guess I am supportive of the technology and how it is

being used, mostly because I have nothing to hide from any law enforcement

agency (so far <g>). I wonder how it must feel to be buzzing around with a

patrol car equipped with that unit and hearing the system firing off an

audio alert with nearly every car on the road that is being scanned.

Heh-heh.

The reason that comes to mind is because the other year while being

"interrogated" during a jury selection process all potential jurors had to

disclose any past criminal convictions, other than parking violations. I

was pretty surprised by the number of folks that looked perfectly normal

otherwise that stated their past misdeeds. A lot of aggravated assault and

battery convictions, some forgery, some burglary. I was not selected to

serve on the jury, I suppose because I had no convictions other than traffic

tickets. I did not represent a group of peers I guess, as I had no serious

convictions <g>.

Gil

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