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by mc32 2447 days ago
Ah, the gamification of citizen law enforcement. What have we come to?
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We already have rewards for help solving some crimes, this just makes it more of a market. Participants could opt to have their rewards donated to charity. If I knew anything about DNA, I'd probably be very tempted to work on this.
Swatting gamified the police in an even darker way. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatting