[108162] in Cypherpunks
Re: Norfolk Officials Buy Riot Gear For Y2K
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Declan McCullagh)
Sat Feb 6 22:52:57 1999
Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 22:42:10 -0500
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
In-Reply-To: <199902062027.MAA19737@smtp.well.com>
Reply-To: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Anonymous emailed me. Apparently Anon typed the story in, but found the
article
online:
<http://www.yankton.net/stories/020399/new_0202990015.html>
-Declan
At 03:31 PM 2-6-99 -0500, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>BTW I did a quick AP wire search and this story did not turn up.
>
>I'm not saying it's necessarily a hoax, but then again you'd expect
>journalists to spell "problems" correctly.
>
>-Declan
>
>
>At 06:20 AM 2-6-99 +0000, lcs Mixmaster Remailer wrote:
>>Norfolk Officials Buy Riot Gear For Y2K
>>
>> NORFOLK, Neb. (AP)--City officials here are hoping for the best
when it
>comes to possible compuer-related probelsm in the year 2000--but they are
>preparing for the worst.
>> The City Council on Monday night announced plans to use a grant
>originally designated for a new camera mug shot system to instead be used
>for such things as riot gear and night-vision rifle scopes.
>> Varying degrees of computer problems are expected to occur when
Jan. 1,
>2000 arrives. In worst-case scenarios, officials fear the problems could
>spur rioting and looting.
>> Norfolk Police Chief Bill Mizner said an advisory group met Jan. 11
and
>recommended buying the emergency equipment.
>> Some of the items include flashlights, night vision scopes,
flashlights
>that can be attached to rifles and shotguns, gas masks, filters,
>distraction devices for the police division's tactical team, chemical
>emissions and helmet sheilds.
>> Funds for the equipment will come from a Local Law Enforcement Block
>Grant of $10,300.
>>
>>Wednesday, February 3, 1999
>>
>
