Monday, July 5, 2004

Beat cop a walking database

A growing number of police departments now have instant access via handheld wireless devices to vast commercial databases that contain <A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/07/01/wireless.officers.ap/index.html">details on just about anyone</A> officers encounter on the beat. But placing a commercial database full of personal details at an officer's fingertips also raises troubling questions for electronic privacy activists.

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