Local government encouraging taking pictures of city workers/cops?

[MC JC86]

Philadelphia is apparently the latest city to debut an iPhone app allowing people to easily submit pictures of "fraud, waste, abuse.". The Inquirer article does not specifically mentioned police officers, but as someone who has been told multiple time by Philly cops that they don't want to be photographed, I think it should be interesting.


http://www.philly.com/philly/news/2...m_for_mobiles_to_report_bad_city_workers.html

 

[Roger Hicks]

Waste, fraud and abuse in local government? Surely not!

Do you have to notify your subjects among the constabulary whether you are photograhing them for waste, fraud or abuse? That might make life even more interesting.

Officer: you have been photographed for (tick all that apply)

WASTE

FRAUD

ABUSE

Cheers,

R.

 

[MC JC86]

Waste, fraud and abuse in local government? Surely not!

Do you have to notify your subjects among the constabulary whether you are photograhing them for waste, fraud or abuse? That might make life even more interesting.

Officer: you have been photographed for (tick all that apply)

WASTE

FRAUD

ABUSE

Cheers,

R.

In Philly, we like to fraudulently waste money on abuse. It's a more efficient route to the trifecta.

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[Keith]

So the local government wants the 'people' to spy on other 'people' for them ... that's novel!

This will go horribly astray IMO! 😛

 

[RanceEric]

I think several people are going be arrested in the near fture because of this...

 

[Chinasaur]

"It is not the function of the government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error." - Justice Robert H. Jackson

 

[charjohncarter]

I tried to find another picture of public workers, but I couldn't. Maybe in Mexico and other South, Central American countries, where I spend my vacations, there aren't that many. Could it be that you only see them in socialist countries?

 

[Field]

Yeah but... The Ipods and smart phones have draw-backs that to me are so offensive that if I owned one I would sell it or brake it.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/apr/20/iphone-tracking-prompts-privacy-fears

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/news/should-cops-be-alowed-to-scan-your-phone-during-a-traffic-stop-...5587825

There might be more going on that meets the eye!