You might have heard the recent reports of the struggle American and European countries and companies are having with the high rate of piracy of their goods in China. Perhaps one of the responses Chinese officials have developed to that is a new online virtual police officer that pops up when you look like you are going to enter an unacceptable site.

Sites considered off-the-agenda include illegal gambling, nudity and music piracy. These animated officers appear on bikes, on foot or in cars and warn the browser from entering the site. If further police assistance is required, the browser can click on the animation and access a police website.

From Investor’s Business Daily, August 29^th, 2007.

For a little of your own policing, take a look at the stun gun baton.