Doxing victim Zoe Quinn launches online “anti-harassment task force”

Service once tipped police a week ahead. Cops' memo: "Knock with your hand, not your boot."

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fuzzyfuzzyfungus[/url]":1qcl4whq]This seems like a worthy effort, though it's a trifle diconcerting that 'knock with your hand, not with your boot' is a special reminder that needs to be sent out, particularly since the tip used was 'looks like he has a pipebomb or something' rather than one of the juicier active shooter/hostages ones.

The article doesn't make it clear, but I think the 'knock with your hand, not with your boot' was sent out as a memo a week before the actual false tip was submitted. So it was a preemptive measure anticipating a potentially alarming false tip, not a note in response to the actual false tip.

 

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exploder[/url]":2x8t5wcd]I find it sad that a police department can be warned a week in advance that a bogus complaint will be made, and yet they still feel they need to execute a search of the premises.

They probably need to investigate every claim. Otherwise, terrorists or criminals would call the police and say, "I'm being harassed online, and I may become the target of false tips," and then proceed along with their criminal/terrorist activities safe in the knowledge that the police will not investigate any tips they receive.