“Citizen spies will be given the chance to win up to £1,000 by watching CCTV cameras on the internet and reporting people they suspect of committing crimes.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th October 2009
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“Fake video footage can persuade almost half of viewers to accuse people of crimes they have not committed, new research suggests.”
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Daily Telegraph, 17th September 2009
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“The head of a Metropolitan police station where a man died has been recorded on tape promising that CCTV cameras were working and tape from them had been seized – weeks before investigators told the man’s family that the footage was missing.”
The Guardian, 21st August 2009
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“The use of closed-circuit television in city and town centres and public housing estates does not have a significant effect on crime, according to Home Office-funded research to be distributed to all police forces in England and Wales this summer.”
The Guardian, 18th May 2009
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“The information commissioner has said pubs with no history of trouble should not be forced to install CCTV cameras.”
BBC News, 16th March 2009
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“A prospective landlord has won his fight not to install CCTV cameras in his pub after the case was taken up by the information commissioner.”
The Guardian, 12th March 2009
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“The steady expansion of the ‘surveillance society’ risks undermining fundamental freedoms including the right to privacy, according to a House of Lords report published today.”
The Guardian, 6th February 2009
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“Covert surveillance was used in a bid to catch independent punt operators collecting customers from undesignated spots along the River Cam in Cambridge.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th September 2008
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“Activists have complained to the UK’s privacy regulator about plans to keep information gleaned from number plate-reading cameras for five years. Privacy International has said that the keeping of data for that long is ‘unnecessary and disproportionate’.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th September 2008
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“The police are to expand a car surveillance operation that will allow them to record and store details of millions of daily journeys for up to five years, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 15th September 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Almost a quarter of teachers are worried about ‘hidden’ surveillance cameras in their schools, according to research published by a teachers union, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th August 2008
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“The cost of Britain’s ‘surveillance society’ measures is now running at £20 billion, a new report reveals today.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th July 2008
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“Gordon Brown has defended the use of CCTV, ID cards and the DNA database – saying they protect civil liberties.”
BBC News, 17th June 2008
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“First Bus has defended a bill, believed to be for £125,000, which was sent to police for providing CCTV equipment to help a terrorism investigation.”
BBC News, 15th June 2008
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“A privacy watchdog is to investigate a council that used powers to spy on people, including a family suspected of lying about where they lived.”
BBC News, 28th May 2008
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“Another council has been caught using surveillance laws designed to combat organised criminals – this time to catch dog owners whose pets foul the grass.”
The Guardian, 22nd May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Why are we asking this now?
This is one man’s view of how effective CCTV has been so far: ‘It’s been an utter fiasco: only 3 per cent of crimes were solved by CCTV. There’s no fear of CCTV. Why don’t people fear it? (They think) the cameras are not working.’ This is not some disgruntled or ill-informed citizen talking. The speaker is Detective Chief Inspector Mick Neville, head of the Visual Images, Identifications and Detections Office (Viido) at New Scotland Yard, speaking this week at a security World Conference.”
The Independent, 7th May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Massive investment in CCTV cameras to prevent crime in the UK has failed to have a significant impact, despite billions of pounds spent on the new technology, a senior police officer piloting a new database has warned. Only 3% of street robberies in London were solved using CCTV images, despite the fact that Britain has more security cameras than any other country in Europe.”
The Guardian, 6th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“New parking regulations have come into force in England despite concerns over the use of CCTV footage to enforce rules and impose fines.”
BBC News, 31st March 2008
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“The police are developing the first national database of mugshots so that they can use face recognition technology to match CCTV images with details of offenders, MPs were told yesterday.”
The Guardian, 19th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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