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Re: Police officers in the UK are to be given

From: "Tom Longson (nym)" <>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:21:23 -0700

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I wonder if the general public can get copies of this video. The police her=
e
in LA have the motto "To protect and serve", who they refer to is vague
unfortunately.

Tom Longson (nym)
http://igargoyle.com/

On 7/12/07, Steve Barr <> wrote:
>
> http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23403984-details/'Smile%2C+you=
're+on+camera!'+Police+to+get+'head-cams'/article.do
>
> <http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23403984-details/%27Smile%2C+=
you%27re+on+camera%21%27+Police+to+get+%27head-cams%27/article.do>(has pict=
ures)
>
> Police officers in the UK are to be given head-mouted video cameras to
> film incidents and arrests, the footage of which can then be used in
> evidence.
>
> The Home Office is to give police =A33 million to fund a national roll-ou=
t
> of head cameras after regional trials proved they were successful in
> fighting crime, the Government has announced.
>
> The move, announced by Minister of State for Police, Crime, Security and
> Counter-Terrorism Tony McNulty, comes after an evaluation of a pilot proj=
ect
> in Plymouth by Devon and Cornwall Constabulary.
>
> The 'head-cams' can store up to 400 hours of footage with soundtrack on
> their hard drive
>
> A report on the project showed that use of "body worn video devices" led
> to an increase in the proportion of crimes where the offender was brought=
 to
> justice compared with incidents where the cameras were not used.
>
> [...]
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I wonder if the general public can get copies of this video. The police her=
e in LA have the motto "To protect and serve", who they refer to =
is vague unfortunately.<br><br>Tom Longson (nym)<br><a href=3D"http://igarg=
oyle.com/">
http://igargoyle.com/</a><br><br><div><span class=3D"gmail_quote">On 7/12/0=
7, <b class=3D"gmail_sendername">Steve Barr</b> <<a href=3D"mailto:barr8=
"></a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class=3D=
"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0=
pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<a href=3D"http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23403984-details/%27S=
mile%2C+you%27re+on+camera%21%27+Police+to+get+%27head-cams%27/article.do" =
target=3D"_blank" onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">=
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23403984-details/'Smile%2C+y=
ou're+on+camera!'+Police+to+get+'head-cams'/article.do
</a> (has pictures)<br><br>Police officers in the UK are to be given head-m=
outed video cameras to film incidents and arrests, the footage of which can=
 then be used in evidence.<br><br>The Home Office is to give police =A33 mi=
llion to fund a national roll-out of head cameras after regional trials pro=
ved they were successful in fighting crime, the Government has announced.
<br><br>The move, announced by Minister of State for Police, Crime, Securit=
y and Counter-Terrorism Tony McNulty, comes after an evaluation of a pilot =
project in Plymouth by Devon and Cornwall Constabulary.<br><br>The 'hea=
d-cams' can store up to 400 hours of footage with soundtrack on their h=
ard drive
<br><br>A report on the project showed that use of "body worn video de=
vices" led to an increase in the proportion of crimes where the offend=
er was brought to justice compared with incidents where the cameras were no=
t used.
<br><br>[...]<br>
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