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4612345678910111213141516171819202122232425implement.And in many cases, you know, you might have agood contact where the darts have penetrated and they'retouching the skin. You might have other cases where ithas to arc a significant distance, but it's still goinginto the subject. And it's very difficult to reliablytell the difference between whether the current is goinginto the subject or not, other than the behavioral cuesof the subject.Q. Where did the idea for the dataport come from?A. Me.Q. Can you describe how you came up with thatidea?A. Yes. I was in the city of Baltimore. Beforethe launch of the M26, we were promoting the Air TASER34000, and one of the comments there was something tothe effect that they had a concern about their officersmisusing the equipment. And I believe a story wasrelated that they even had a case where officers did adrive-by and they pepper-sprayed people standing on thecorner of a street to disburse them, and they wereconcerned about the potential for misuse. And in sortof a brainstorming mode, I suggested, well, what if weput a tracking device in the unit that would allow us toknow the time and date it had been fired so that that