I’ve been in an email debate recently with a few friends on the topic of “will government use new technologies to overreach and restrict civil liberties?” Now I see this:
[O]n Monday [Butler County Commissioner Michael Fox] took the proposal a step further, calling for a plan of implanting computer microchips into offenders so that they can be tracked and located immediately.
“I would support the type of electronic monitoring that delivers an electrical shock to an offender if he or she is doing something in violation of probation,” [Sheriff Richard K.] Jones said.
Motto for 21st century law enforcement: “It’s just like Abu Ghraib, and it’s portable!”