I see. What you say makes sense and I agree with it. Technical
solutions to socially rooted problems are skin deep and don't address
the real issues. Good technology won't fix a crap law.
As a Brit I give the police and legal system much more leeway and
benefit of the doubt, they've got a job to do and mostly do their
best. Also, I believe they should never shy from accountability,
hence being filmed by the public, as the police often do to citizens,
is an inescapable part of the job today. And if that gets a bit too
"in your face" then maybe it's time to look for a job that suits you
better.
Nonetheless, the police can no longer lie with impunity against
sophisticated technical evidence. We are all changed by technology and
possible forensic evidence we never thought possible, and that can
keep people more honest.
The police aren't always the sharpest knife in the drawer when it
comes to technology. Here in the UK, Wayne Couzens, the policeman who
raped and killed Sarah Everard, was caught by technical carelessness
that you'd have thought he knew better about.
As a Brit I give the police and legal system much more leeway and benefit of the doubt, they've got a job to do and mostly do their best. Also, I believe they should never shy from accountability, hence being filmed by the public, as the police often do to citizens, is an inescapable part of the job today. And if that gets a bit too "in your face" then maybe it's time to look for a job that suits you better.
Nonetheless, the police can no longer lie with impunity against sophisticated technical evidence. We are all changed by technology and possible forensic evidence we never thought possible, and that can keep people more honest.
The police aren't always the sharpest knife in the drawer when it comes to technology. Here in the UK, Wayne Couzens, the policeman who raped and killed Sarah Everard, was caught by technical carelessness that you'd have thought he knew better about.