One can only image having a quiet evening at home with your love ones and feeling like you are being watched. Yes, you are a little uneased because a week ago your home had been invaded by intruders who stole a few items. This left you feeling violated. Now, topping it off ant mounts are invading one’s yard and spiders are in one’s house. This is really bad, invasions upon invasions. As you attempt to relax, while thinking it cannot get any worst, you receive a call from a neighbor telling you that a van is parked outside of your home and it appears that you are being watched. Due to the previous break in, you call the local police force only to discover that they are the individuals in the van, and yes they are watching you. What makes
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The Z Backscatter Van (ZBV) uses technology to detect items that contain low atomic numbers (Macedo, 2015). It is used mainly used to scan vehicles and was noted as being able to see through one’s clothes. This van is pricy, ranging in cost from $729,000 t0 $825,000. The manufactures, American Science and Engineering (AS&E), may be viewed as money hungry as they do not limit or release information regarding those who have purchased the vehicle. With nearly 500 units being sold, the only purchasing information released is in regards to the destination, i.e., buyer in the Middle East, Germany, and various other locations. One would hope that this item is not being sold outside of the law enforcement community. According to Macedo, this vehicle have good benefits in assisting the law enforcement communities with drug bust by scanning cars and persons and home in which illegal activities are occurring (2015). The ZBV is mainly for car search, but can scan building with light exterior features. It cannot scan and tell the ethnicity of an individual, but does show the image of a silhouette. In our society police officers have been known to racial profile; therefore this leads one to suspect that one’s race may be assumed by the silhouette on the ZBV scan
The Z Backscatter Van (ZBV) uses technology to detect items that contain low atomic numbers (Macedo, 2015). It is used mainly used to scan vehicles and was noted as being able to see through one’s clothes. This van is pricy, ranging in cost from $729,000 t0 $825,000. The manufactures, American Science and Engineering (AS&E), may be viewed as money hungry as they do not limit or release information regarding those who have purchased the vehicle. With nearly 500 units being sold, the only purchasing information released is in regards to the destination, i.e., buyer in the Middle East, Germany, and various other locations. One would hope that this item is not being sold outside of the law enforcement community. According to Macedo, this vehicle have good benefits in assisting the law enforcement communities with drug bust by scanning cars and persons and home in which illegal activities are occurring (2015). The ZBV is mainly for car search, but can scan building with light exterior features. It cannot scan and tell the ethnicity of an individual, but does show the image of a silhouette. In our society police officers have been known to racial profile; therefore this leads one to suspect that one’s race may be assumed by the silhouette on the ZBV scan