St. Mary's Co. St. Mary's Schools to utilize Police State Technology

[David]

A mobile scanning kit that uses radio waves to detect weapons and is capable of facial recognition through artificial intelligence will soon be tested by St. Mary’s public schools’ safety and security office.

“The unique piece about this technology is that it gives us capability to scan groups of people with a handheld device,” Mike Wyant, safety and security director for county schools, told The Enterprise.

https://privateofficernews.org/mary...le-devices-that-scan-for-weapons-trespassers/

This stuff is always initially "justified" for a "good purpose" ... fast forward 10, 20, 30 years.

Your take?

 

[vraiblonde]

Orwellean....but then it is a public school. There's nothing kids should be doing at school that it's unreasonable to monitor.

 

[glhs837]

Orwellean....but then it is a public school. There's nothing kids should be doing at school that it's unreasonable to monitor.

SO your argument in favor is that since you should not have something to hide, it should be okay? Not with that, myself. Really, like the silly gun fingerprinting fiasco, the odds that this actually catches a weapon or someone whos on the Sheriffs watch list seems so slim as to not be worth the effort. Looks to me like a bad case of "Gotta get that grant money spent!!!".

 

[vraiblonde]

SO your argument in favor is that since you should not have something to hide, it should be okay?

No, my argument is that it's school. If they wanted to put surveillance in my home or car or somewhere I can reasonably expect privacy, I'd say no.

 

[TCROW]

This sort of nonsense is all about normalizing the Total Surveilance/Police State. Get the young’uns used to it now and they’ll be Certified Boot Lickers by the time they get out in the real world. They’ll never question this stuff because it’s been a “normal” part of their lives for so long.

 

[glhs837]

No, my argument is that it's school. If they wanted to put surveillance in my home or car or somewhere I can reasonably expect privacy, I'd say no.

On the sidewalk? In the park looking over the swingsets? Sorry, surveillance for it's own sake, "just in case", has always and will always bother me. Freedom also means freedom from the State looking over my shoulder Stasi style.