“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.”