What are your thoughts on the state of Nevada encouraging its citizens to spy on each other?

Question

There's a video here about finding terrorists in Las Vegas. I was just curious on your thoughts about this.

http://undertheradarmedia.blogspot.com/2008/08/department-of-homeland-security-wants.html

Answer 1

I'm glad I don't live in Nevada, what happened to the Land of The Free?  Is that just a distant memory.

Answer 2

n**i Germany propagated this type of activity, so it's gotta work!  Right?

Answer 3

We` should all keep our eyes open for illegal things going on in our neighborhoods. Crime, or terror. Unfortunately few do with the thug Rat mentality that seems to think breaking the law is OK, but removing murderers, drug dealers and gangsters is not.  

Answer 4

Reminds me of "1984".

Answer 5

A few decades ago this type of awareness was every citizen's responsibility.

How is it that some of you now think it constitutes "spying" on your neighbors?

True story - I recently moved back to the town where my wife and I grew up and where I still work as a cop. A friend of ours, from the other side of town (and not known in the area), saw my daughter on her bicycle a few blocks from my house and stopped to talk to her.

Within 30 seconds I received a call about the "stranger " stopping my daughter.  

"Spying" or responsible citizenship?

True story - Yesterday, in a nearby town, police were called when a man saw a burglar breaking into his neighbor's house. The criminal is now in custody.

"Spying" or responsible citizenship?

The people reporting these two incidents knew they were seeing something that was wrong. People see the things in this video every day, they just don't know what they are looking at. This video is only teaching you what to look for.

The government's video cameras on every street corner are Orwellian. Responsible citizenship is not.

Answer 6

Reminds me of n**i Germany.