There is one method that's proved to be pretty effective, but I'm not going to include that here, because as invasive as they sound the bracelets have actually helped law enforcement with one very worthy cause: the fight against alcohol-related domestic violence.
Perhaps with more practice in social enforcement with one's peers of equal status, or as such interventions become more common, a critical mass will be reached whereby intervening with smokers in SF zones, regardless of their status to the one speaking up, will become the social norm.
Now we see people painting law enforcement officers with one brush based on the actions of a few.
Robert Louden, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan who led the New York Police Department's hostage negotiating team for six years, said that the current sniper case seemed unique in many respects, but that it was important that law enforcement speak with one voice.
There are obviously hypocrites in law enforcement, too, with one of them being supposedly enlightened deputy sheriff Lester Burdon in Andre Dubus III's House of Sand and Fog.
Whatever the case, these events cry out for the need for legislation that will replace ineffective and haphazard enforcement policies with ones that work, are fair, and reflect American values.
The arguments on both sides are far-ranging, with law enforcement agencies on one side defending warrantless searches and civil liberties advocates on the other, insisting that if police can stick a GPS on a car, why not on a piece of clothing or everyone's license plate?
Aides of Mr. Kelly and Mr. Bloomberg said the designation would allow local law enforcement agencies to deal with one federal agency instead of multiple bureaucracies.
Another reason for a high-profile effort like this one is to create a rallying point so that law enforcement agencies will cooperate with one another, Deborah Platt Majoras, the head of the Federal Trade Commission, said at the news conference Thursday.
In addition, there should be guidelines that detail how civilians and law enforcement personnel should interact with one another in the United States.
The benefit may be clear, but the technology also underscores a profound shift at work in law enforcement today, one with far-reaching implications for the public that aren't necessarily fully realised yet – and, to privacy advocates, can even be a bit unsettling.
