How to Detect Unauthorized Time Travel

Hello,

The main way to tell that somebody is illegally time traveling is the appearance of items from the Future. This means that anything with a future date is suspect. (Of course, there are hoaxes, but we DO take unauthorized time travel seriously).

One example is the United States Coins and Currency. Any future dates on a coin or bill should trigger police action, as the item is either counterfeit, or brought back from the future. (And both of these are illegal). Two examples from the last few months included a 2034 Quarter and a Ronald Reagan Dime. Both of these were handled by the Secret Service, using the existing laws against counterfeiting US coins.

People who time travel often use illegal drugs. Some of those (for example, crack or meth) can allow somebody to illegally time travel, if they also use rituals that I certainly do not encourage, since one of the ritual items is the transfer of your soul to the person who is "handling" you. This scam is easy to describe in a human-readable way: "Speed" yourself up, and then "live" for about 5 days. Go and grab some newspapers, and then return to two days in the past. (It's a bit like a rubber band, where you pull forward, on a flexible "time force field", but then you experience the return, where you crash (usually literally, often with broken bones) back to where you "should have been on the time line" in the first place. After the often needed first aid, you make a beeline to the Stock Market section in the future, to see which Stocks jump in two days. Buy a bunch of them, and make out like the bandit you are.

People who time travel via drugs often ask everybody around them what the time is, sometimes getting to where it can be annoying. Then, there is the "fast walk", seen in the movie, "Matrix", where people could rush around you, so fast you could hardly detect them, let alone stop them! (And don't try to stop someone in that state, but report it to the Police. The Police may, or may not be able to help you, but you could easily get your life ruined if you attract the attention of any of these "zippy" people). The good news is that the newer Surveillance cameras can spot them, allowing them to, at least later, be caught in whatever crime they were committing (because people use these tools, as well as drugs, to commit crimes, of course).

And then, there is Congress. I'm pretty neutral about Politics (even to "belonging" to a neutral political party), but some things go way out in left field, regarding the legality of campaign techniques. (On my Political blog, I already asked if lying and cheating in the congress is allowed. Apparently, it might be, based on some of the Republican Talking Points I've been recently hearing). But what illegal time travel might give you are the skeletons in the closets of your opponents, so you can violate privacy laws and steal an election at the same time. (I believe violation of privacy was behind a number of the Republican wins in the 2010 election, though I don't yet have the evidence to prove it).

Anyway, I've got my work cut out for me. And heads up to both regular police and time criminals, things are likely to get "interesting".

Best regards,

Kenneth Parker, Seattle, WA

Time Police Network

Let me introduce myself. My name is Kenneth Wayne Parker and I live in Seattle, Washington.

Did you know that it is illegal to time travel without a proper licence and a proper reason to do so? Probably, the reason you do not know this is that our current form of government in the United States, at least on Februaryu 27, 2011, is completely clueless about how to approach a crime like this.

To fight crime, you need a police force. That is where I come in. I am one of many Time Policemen / Time Policewomen that exist in our reality. So, if you are a "Time Scofflaw", watch out, or you may encounter me.

And don't think there aren't ways of humanely punishing Time Criminals. Watch the movie, Groundhog Day for one example.

Enough for now. Just wanted you to know I am here.

Best regards,

Kenneth Wayne Parker, Seattle, WA