The Future of Getting Arrested

“A Brief History of Arrests

1862: The first adjustable handcuffs are patented.

1888: A French official pioneers the modern mug shot.

1924: Congress authorizes the FBI to launch a national clearinghouse and repository for fingerprints.

1956: Philip K. Dick’s story “The Minority Report” imagines Precrime, a crime-prevention system powered by clairvoyant mutants.

1968: 911 becomes the standard emergency number for the United States.

1998: Taser International begins marketing electroshock weapons to U.S. law-enforcement agencies.

2050: Police wear sensors that monitor a suspect’s heart rate, breathing, and blood pressure for evidence of deception.”