NYPD, Feds Testing Gun-Scanning Technology, But Civil Liberties Groups Up In Arms

Great, scanners in airports and other ‘venues’ (auditoriums, theaters ect…without your knowledge), train and bus stations, roads in Tennessee and Indiana just two states I am 100% positive about, truck scanners to drive by your house or car to peer into it to see what you are up to now this…just effing lovely…NOT!

Terahertz Imaging Detection Out To Detect Illegal Concealed Weapons

The NYPD and Department of Defense are working together testing Terahertz Imaging Detection, a new way to get concealed illegal weapons off the streets. (Photo courtesy: NYPD)

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The NYPD is stepping up their war against illegal guns, with a new tool that could detect weapons on someone as they walk down the street.
But is it violating your right to privacy?
Police, along with the U.S. Department of Defense, are researching new technology in a scanner placed on police vehicles that can detect concealed weapons.
“You could use it at a specific event. You could use it at a shooting-prone location,” NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly told CBS 2′s Hazel Sanchez on Tuesday.
It’s called Terahertz Imaging Detection. It measures the energy radiating from a body up to 16 feet away, and can detect anything blocking it, like a gun.
And the idea is causing quite the uproar on both sides of the privacy issue.
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