Gothamist: You've Got New Yorkers' Mail, 911 and 311

neil

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:24:30 -0500

will - if nypd are not good users of this technology, what is ? show us how it should be done i created this facility with instructions on how to mms to flickr which my employers offer for free to basic account holders - it will also happily mms to email and can also be tweaked to mms to wordpress and lots more blogging systems is law enforcement the only use we can come up with for this technology ? get creative and demonstrate what else the technology can do. technology can be used to give power away as easily as it can be used to take responsibility. as a developer i welcome and strongly encourage debate on the ethics of software, particularly in this instance

Ny Nj

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 06:26:25 -0500

Could an altercation develop between someone being caught and objecting to having a photo or video taken - or even lawsuits. For decades there have been systems in place allowing free calls to 911 even from pay phones. Did people just not want to be bothered - or were the responses just not adequate?

Ny Nj

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 05:56:41 -0500

Nonetheless, it is a sad reflection on the systems - that one would need pictures to get action. That is like saying, that for years, the phone call-reports were not adequate

11222_res

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:03:59 -0500

Can't wait to take endless photos of the rude hipsters pissing in the neighborhood when they go to Studio B. that club better start trying to police their patrons or they're going to find themselves as the focus of a barrage of calls to 311 with quality of life complaints.

haha

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:53:08 -0500

I cant wait for someone to take a picture of their balls, MMS it to 911, get arrested for indecent exposure, and then read about it on gothamist.

Will

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:34:31 -0500

The last thing that should happen is that the NYPD should be allowed to get a Flickr group - society does not need a bunch of people reporting each other to the police. We already have enough problems with NYPD spying and making lists of "malcontents" and "evil doors" lets not help them with this. "Oh, but it will only be used to fight bad people" Famous last words.

neil

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:20:09 -0500

can I get an rss feed of their emails? that would be fun.

Elderta

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:15:41 -0500

alright... i laughed out loud at the "maybe he do that." sorry, jen... that one was just too funny.

fishtale

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:13:55 -0500

now everyone has a badge!