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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Before I am reminded, I know this is legal for the gov't to send armed 
representatives to ID me; and that I should not regret the fact that I have 
no expectation of privacy, I still do....bobford

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"Fingering criminals has never been so easy for Los Angeles Police Department 
officers. 
Thanks to a new fingerprint reader the size of a cell phone, police officers 
who think suspects are lying about their identities can quickly check who 
they are and whether they have warrants out for their arrests. 

The new technology - called BlueChecks - could result in more arrests not 
only on warrants, but also on charges of giving false information to 
officers. 

"I've never seen policemen be so happy about something, because it really 
works," said Lt. Anita McKeown, who handles BlueChecks for the Los Angeles 
Police Department. "It makes our job a lot easier; it's an instant 
lie-detector test." ....................

............The fingerprint scanner is among the latest high-tech upgrades 
for crime-fighters. 

Over the past few years, several LAPD patrol cars have been outfitted with 
license-plate scanners - cameras that "look" around and read nearby license 
plates to check whether any of the vehicles was stolen. 

The first batch of 500 BlueChecks were first spread out among departments 
throughout the county about six months ago. The LAPD ended up with 200, 
gradually trickling onto the street as officers are trained to use them. "

http://www.sbsun.com/sanbernardino/ci_10585815