Does it make you feel safer to know the NYPD will have Google Glass?

The NYPD is getting Google Glasses — for a test run , at least . And it could just be the first police force department of many . Does this make you sense safer ?

VentureBeatreports that the city police department is testing out Google Glass as a study cock for patrol officer . If the tests go well , it could become a more standard firearm of equipment . The perquisite for police ? An on - board database and less paperwork . The downsides , though , could include diminished privacy and a potential for increased surveillance :

Even without facial recognition , Google Glass could help oneself match defendant ’ names and faces to information contained in various databases that constabulary and federal jurisprudence enforcement way employ , such as those from the National Crime Information Center . That would give tec a ready to hand way to see a defendant ’s strike canvass while interview them , for example .

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It could also aid eliminate the time - consuming , hand - written or type account that are the curse of cop the world over by enable video recording and bid for digital reports .

But the ice could run afoul of polite liberty groups who say Google Glass and their wireless software program could trench on the rights of innocent citizens .

What do you think ? Do you need your local PD to be outfitted with the spectacles ? Would Google Glass even be a effective tool for law enforcement anyway ? And New Yorkers , have you seen any officers beta test Google Glass out and about ?

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