A rendering of the Yardarm tracking device in a Glock pistol frame. (Photo: Yardarm) The public debate on police oversight through technology is no small matter. Currently, a company named Yardarm has designed technology that will revolutionize police work, but only if it can make that big break into the law enforcement market. And even so, how far are we willing to go when such advancing weapon-tracking technology may also soon infringe upon the rights of citizens?

An electronic sensor—termed “firearm telematics“—designed to go into the hollow space of a gun (e.g. the heel of the Glock or into a …read more