You're probably familiar with websites that enable you to rate your professors or doctors. However, there is now a website (ratemycop.com) that allows individuals to rate their local police officers. Does this use of technology increase, decrease, or not have an effect on public safety in big cities such as New York City?
Many argue that this is actually a website that puts the police officers (and their families) in harm. Their full names and agencies are listed on the website and are just waiting for unhappy citizens to lash out against them. However, the creators of the website argue that the information listed on the website is not any more than is listed on a traffic ticket (which is likely to be the reason for an individual to rate a cop).
The way I see it, these police officers have no way of defending themselves. Obviously Im against police brutality. Obviously I want police officers to act justly and ethically. However, I also want safe streets and I don't want police officers to not rightly do their jobs because they are worried about their reputations on a website. At what point has technology in this case counteracted its purpose in increasing public safety?
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