Google Glass 'works' to bolster urban patrol officers' image

An urban patrol officer in Jiangsu province became an Internet celebrity recently after he bought a Google Glass as a tool for gathering evidence as he patrolled the streets.

Jiang Yifan, 27, the urban patrol officer in Changzhou, said that because the Google Glass was not as obvious as traditional recording devices, it could ease tensions between urban patrol officers, or chengguan, and street vendors during law enforcement.

Google Glass is a wearable computer with an optical, head-mounted display and information that is accessible in a smartphone-like, hands-free format.