Comment Re:Here we go again (Score 1) 46
There just is no common sense. What is so damn important to scroll through for the minute you're standing there pissing in the urinal?
A false positive rate of 10% _among the population of people you arrest_ is acceptable.
I highly disagree. I can understand if Flock's data provided a 10% false positive rate, it's then up the police to do their actual job and gather other evidence to reduce that to near zero before taking any action on that data.
A 10% false arrest rate is criminal. Arrests stick with people even when their is no conviction. Maybe 1 false arrest in 1000 is acceptable in a civilized country without corruption.
I hate when someone gets away with a serious crime, but I'm not going to balance that by lowering the bar for arresting someone.
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