Fight crime, go electric.

[Thinker101]

The Tacoma City Council approved a measure Tuesday that would allow electric fences to be installed in areas where they were previously prohibited.

In a unanimous vote, the City Council approved allowing the use of electric fences in commercial districts, mixed use districts and downtown areas. Until now, electric fences have only been permitted in industrial areas of Tacoma.

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[Anathema]

That’s a good start. Hopefully they’ll approve mixed-use minefields, and gun emplacements in short order

 

[kyzr]

Shoot to kill works well too.

 

[jotathought]

Great way to deter criminals from stealing your stuff .. I would be curious to know how they would be free from liability if someone where hurt or killed (although, it would probably sound like the old, electric bug zappers when a 'big-one' got trapped in the mesh.

 

[kyzr]

Great way to deter criminals from stealing your stuff .. I would be curious to know how they would be free from liability if someone where hurt or killed (although, it would probably sound like the old, electric bug zappers when a 'big-one' got trapped in the mesh.

No worries.
Insulated wire cutters work fine.

 

[toobfreak]

The Tacoma City Council approved a measure Tuesday that would allow electric fences to be installed in areas where they were previously prohibited.
In a unanimous vote, the City Council approved allowing the use of electric fences in commercial districts, mixed use districts and downtown areas. Until now, electric fences have only been permitted in industrial areas of Tacoma.

I guess no one told them that electric fences are amazingly easy to defeat and get around?

 

[badger2]

No worries.
Insulated wire cutters work fine.

Once inside, though, sensors in the ground can weigh (less tare for the approaching live dogs) and pinpoint the location (grocery store robots already do this with food items), launching armor-piercing cyanide-tazer darts (with robot-dog backup).

 

[jotathought]

No worries.
Insulated wire cutters work fine.

Fortunately, petty theft is often committed by dumb criminals

 

[1srelluc]

I hope they are not powered by windmills.

 

[my2¢]

No worries.
Insulated wire cutters work fine.

I was thinking roughly along the same line. Except instead of insulated wire cutters my immediate thought was that as these fences became more in use, crooks will learn to short-out the fence.