The Police New Weapon: EMP
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Okay, great. Now here's a question: What if the crook is using a car that doesn't have a microprocessor? You know, one of those older cars that use mechanical fuel-injection systems and non-computer-controlled drive-systems, where the only electrical parts are the battery, startup-engine and drive-lights? That could, in theory, drive onwards for hundreds of miles without any of these as long as the engine itself (you know, that huge chunk of metal that works by chemistry and good old Newton) is kept running?
In that case it'll be nothing more than a fancy toy taking up payload weight on a chopper or a car. And as said before me, what happens when the crooks get their hands on this? Nice going dude, you just made sure every well-prepared crook can outrun any police car. Because they rarely are of the older models and are generally speaking more vulnerable to this kind of tech.
In that case it'll be nothing more than a fancy toy taking up payload weight on a chopper or a car. And as said before me, what happens when the crooks get their hands on this? Nice going dude, you just made sure every well-prepared crook can outrun any police car. Because they rarely are of the older models and are generally speaking more vulnerable to this kind of tech.
but for the few times that has happened the tazer has done way more good than harm.Shoes said:
I mean, they could just go back to shooting them in the arm or the leg but that has a higher probability of killing someone (nicking arteries/massive tissue damage/fragmented bones)
I agree with you, but I think Shoes' point was that imagine if there were no tasers. Would they be shooting these old women? Or would they be talking and coercing instead of taking the route of physical harm? In these cases, tasers cause more harm than good, but overall these situations are a minority.JWAN said:
It's just that when the negative aspects of using force become small enough, that force is used for self-protection even when it's not strictly speaking necessary or even relevant.
Under that logic, shouldn't we stop inventing stuff and go back to good ol' safe sticks and stones?Sev said:
I was just worried if it could accidentally take out a whole row of traffic, and have everyone suddenly coasting along without the ability to avoid the traffic behind. Is this device particularly accurate? I'm having trouble with the video.
That sounds fucking A! Especially for Police over in my country who mostly dont carry guns. In theory at least...
But it wont work on older cars, and once the microprocesser is disabled I'm guessing the car is pretty much out of control?
That's probably a bad thing.
Just make sure the bad guys dont get hold of them.
But it wont work on older cars, and once the microprocesser is disabled I'm guessing the car is pretty much out of control?
That's probably a bad thing.
Just make sure the bad guys dont get hold of them.
So...how many health and safty regulations and papers will have to be filled out to use this one.
Hu?
What was that.
20 people dead because of a spun out car on the highway.
If i were part of the police i'd quit now, before your blamed for a crash.
Hu?
What was that.
20 people dead because of a spun out car on the highway.
If i were part of the police i'd quit now, before your blamed for a crash.
Wait, what? I'm just saying that a gun shooting an EMP could cause far more damage than a POLICE ISSUE GUN or whatever could do. Hell, even a grenade would have less an impact than an EMP gun on full settings. And if the cops are handed these for something as simple as car chases, I bet it's going to be easy to steal. Thus, giving crooks a very powerful weapon. Plus, I think that an EMP would make it a lot easier to rob places.AngloDoom said: