<No need for a search warrant, send in the paperboy.

That’s been going on since prohibition.

The program will involve the millions of American workers who, in the daily course of their work, are in a unique position to see potentially unusual or suspicious activity in public places.

There is nothing in the piece regarding the home. McGruff still handles that area (who, btw, is also a dog).
;^)

I’ve downloaded material from the site for review, Steve, but I really don’t see the threat. Sure, there will be a lot of bogus calls, just as there already have been since Sept. 11, but to fund the inquisition you’re referring to would require a much larger task force than is feasible -- considering the input is from just about everybody’s neighbor -- and the database would be prohibitively huge, to the point of unusable. Practicality, and law, states that reports that have been confirmed by more than one citizen would get top billing, while all other reports would be first-call-first-serve, and pretty much catch-as-catch-can. If this results in a community’s law enforcement overstepping its bounds, then I would suggest getting rid of the monkeys and hiring in a better box of apes.

What I’ve seen looks good. It’s up to us to watch the watchers.

And, yes, there is a saying regarding good intentions and the pavement of roads to nowhere -- or somewhere... The point is, the saying is just a saying, and the real world has people killing each other, with American as their primary targets.

The best way to defeat something like TIPS is to give the government a better option.

Personally, I don’t have one.

Gotta go. Wife says I'm late to supper.

Dan