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WeHo drivers able to video chat with deputies during traffic stops
by: Cameron Kiszla
Posted: Sep 21, 2023 / 07:29 AM PDT
Updated: Sep 21, 2023 / 07:32 AM PDT
- With traffic stops carrying potential life-and-death stakes, a pilot program using SafeStop intends to lower the temperature, allowing drivers and officers to communicate virtually before meeting face-to-face.
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A new smartphone app may do for law enforcement interactions what telemedicine has done for doctors.
The app, SafeStop, allows members of the public to video chat with Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies before the in-person traffic stop, which the app developers said will “de-escalate traffic stops and transform police-motorist interactions.”
Traffic stops in particular have become a point of contention in the ongoing cultural discussion around the role of police in American society.
Multiple deadly encounters between police and civilians began as simple traffic stops, including the high-profile killing of Philando Castile by Minnesota police.
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I like the concept.
Perhaps if the app was always on, then it might be more useful and wiser friendly.
I’m thinking like Star Trek “open up a hailing frequency”.
I’m not sure I would want to be fumbling with my phone on a dark night when the police want to speak to me. I was always taught to shut the car off, turn on the inside light, roll down the window, keep my hands at 10-2 on the steering window, and shut up.
Still seems like the best advice.
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