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Police wear crime cameras
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| PC Tom Day with the new camera kit |
POLICE officers have started to wear cameras fitted to their jackets to provide filmed evidence of alleged crimes.
Four of the cameras have been handed to Wycombe and Marlow police stations.
They are connected to a computer disk which clips onto the officers' belts and can record up to two hours of video and sound.
PC Russ Murden, neighbourhood inspector for High Wycombe, said the cameras would be sent to jobs and used routinely on Tuesday and Friday nights.
Fights and similar public order offences were the types of crimes officers expected to capture on film, he said.
"It is a little bit like Robocop come home. It is very simple technology, very light and easy to use."
He added: "When people see cameras in the area it can diffuse situations when they realise whatever is being said or done is all being captured and could potentially be used in a future prosecution."
Camera evidence had already led to a suspect being remanded in custody when brought before a court, he said.
This might not have happened without video evidence, he said.
Responding to concerns about today's surveillance society' he said officers would wear armbands, indicating they are using cameras and the devices would be used openly.
To watch an interview with PC Murden and to see video footage taken from the new cameras, click on the link above.
1:09pm Friday 18th July 2008
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CommentPosted by: ukus, HW on 2:38pm Fri 18 Jul 08
Hey, take my picture!
Posted by: llcherri, Wycombe on 3:39pm Fri 18 Jul 08
Hopefully this will serve both ways and making the police accountable in some aspects i.e. support evidence of police brutality/over use of force but methinks that will be turned off then.
Hopefully this will serve both ways and making the police accountable in some aspects i.e. support evidence of police brutality/over use of force but methinks that will be turned off then.
Posted by: Trefor, Out standing in my field on 4:53pm Fri 18 Jul 08
Great idea. Just think of the awful story in the news today of 2 Police Officers being attacked by a 'mob' in Croyden allegedly just because they asked a teenage girl to pick up her litter. People need to start being scared of the Police again. If its not guns then maybe cameras will help.
Great idea. Just think of the awful story in the news today of 2 Police Officers being attacked by a 'mob' in Croyden allegedly just because they asked a teenage girl to pick up her litter. People need to start being scared of the Police again. If its not guns then maybe cameras will help.
Posted by: Lo_Wycombe, Bowerdean Rd on 5:19pm Fri 18 Jul 08
I notice this officer is wearing a yellow wrist band, is this part of a new uniform?
I notice this officer is wearing a yellow wrist band, is this part of a new uniform?
Posted by: slacker, Flackwell on 5:23pm Fri 18 Jul 08
[quote][bold]Trefor[/bold] wrote:
Great idea. Just think of the awful story in the news today of 2 Police Officers being attacked by a 'mob' in Croyden allegedly just because they asked a teenage girl to pick up her litter. People need to start being scared of the Police again. If its not guns then maybe cameras will help.[/quote] Yes I saw this earlier today, a mob of 30 people. TBH this shocks me more than the recent stabbings of the youth and highlights the dangers the police face every day of their working lives.
Every officer should be given one of these cameras, it won't prevent attacks but may go some way to identifying those involved.
Trefor wrote:
Great idea. Just think of the awful story in the news today of 2 Police Officers being attacked by a 'mob' in Croyden allegedly just because they asked a teenage girl to pick up her litter. People need to start being scared of the Police again. If its not guns then maybe cameras will help.
Yes I saw this earlier today, a mob of 30 people. TBH this shocks me more than the recent stabbings of the youth and highlights the dangers the police face every day of their working lives.
Every officer should be given one of these cameras, it won't prevent attacks but may go some way to identifying those involved.
Posted by: R of Wycombe, High Wycombe on 6:16pm Fri 18 Jul 08
can they use it while standing by the side of the road to catch all the doughnuts who still use their mobile phones when they are driving
can they use it while standing by the side of the road to catch all the doughnuts who still use their mobile phones when they are driving
Posted by: Ivor on 7:22pm Fri 18 Jul 08
When the offenders realise that they’ve been caught on camera surely the offenders will attack the policeman to try to get the device which stores the images?
Perhaps the ordinary people should be issued with them too so they can record the actions of the police when they arrest them?
[bold]Have you read Ivor’s blog today?[/bold] Click on the [bold]“Opinion”[/bold] link on the menu on the left then click on [bold]“Readers Blogs”[/bold].
When the offenders realise that they’ve been caught on camera surely the offenders will attack the policeman to try to get the device which stores the images?
Perhaps the ordinary people should be issued with them too so they can record the actions of the police when they arrest them?
Have you read Ivor’s blog today? Click on the
“Opinion” link on the menu on the left then click on
“Readers Blogs”.
Posted by: Plus ça change..., Wycomstabulary on 7:37pm Fri 18 Jul 08
Would be much more effective & afford better protection when a camera can stream live images to colleagues, as well as record.
Surely that is possible already?
They need all the help they can get.
Would be much more effective & afford better protection when a camera can stream live images to colleagues, as well as record.
Surely that is possible already?
They need all the help they can get.
Posted by: Reads2much, London on 9:32am Sat 19 Jul 08
[quote][bold]Lo_Wycombe[/bold] wrote:
I notice this officer is wearing a yellow wrist band, is this part of a new uniform?[/quote] No that is about someone who is well imformed about Testicular Cancer it should be a part of ALL mens uniforms !!!!
Lo_Wycombe wrote:
I notice this officer is wearing a yellow wrist band, is this part of a new uniform?
No that is about someone who is well imformed about Testicular Cancer it should be a part of ALL mens uniforms !!!!
Posted by: Observer, Hilltop on 10:17am Sat 19 Jul 08
Should the police be giving warnings before recording the information, like they do in recorded interviews or on the brink of arrest?
Whilst I can see this tool might be useful to the police, I foresee legal problems with using it as evidence in a court.
Should the police be giving warnings before recording the information, like they do in recorded interviews or on the brink of arrest?
Whilst I can see this tool might be useful to the police, I foresee legal problems with using it as evidence in a court.
Posted by: slacker, Flackwell on 10:37am Sat 19 Jul 08
[quote][bold]Observer[/bold] wrote:
Should the police be giving warnings before recording the information, like they do in recorded interviews or on the brink of arrest?
Whilst I can see this tool might be useful to the police, I foresee legal problems with using it as evidence in a court.[/quote] I don't see it being a problem. It is no different to a mobile CCTV camera
Observer wrote:
Should the police be giving warnings before recording the information, like they do in recorded interviews or on the brink of arrest?
Whilst I can see this tool might be useful to the police, I foresee legal problems with using it as evidence in a court.
I don't see it being a problem. It is no different to a mobile CCTV camera
Posted by: bucksman, high wycombe on 7:59pm Sun 20 Jul 08
No that is about someone who is well imformed about Testicular Cancer it should be a part of ALL mens uniforms !!!!
nice on reads2much
No that is about someone who is well imformed about Testicular Cancer it should be a part of ALL mens uniforms !!!!
nice on reads2much
Posted by: tealeaf123@hotmail.c
o.uk, High Wycombe on 11:12am Thu 24 Jul 08
Very interesting!!! I was stopped by a a marked police car, a unmarked police car, and a police transit van! All because this officer took offence to me 'gestering' to her! She says I was speeding up Marlow Hill, and that she asked me to stop my car! At no point did she do this! She followed all round the Cressex Industrial Estate, and I was finally stopped at John Hall Way, by this bunch of Muppets!!! The first thing she said was, you shouldn't have given me the 'finger' then!!! I would like have given her a lot more than that!!! Where were the bloody cameras then!!! I have written to Professional Standards and mentioned the camera situation!!! What a surprise they are now wearing cameras!!! My best piece of advice for any future 'victim' out there is: Always check your rear view mirror!!! And, always carry a camera!!! And, voice recorder!!! She was investigated!!! But, surprise, surprise, they stuck up for their own kind!!! Best of British!!![quote]quote[/quote] [bold]bold[/bold]
Very interesting!!! I was stopped by a a marked police car, a unmarked police car, and a police transit van! All because this officer took offence to me 'gestering' to her! She says I was speeding up Marlow Hill, and that she asked me to stop my car! At no point did she do this! She followed all round the Cressex Industrial Estate, and I was finally stopped at John Hall Way, by this bunch of Muppets!!! The first thing she said was, you shouldn't have given me the 'finger' then!!! I would like have given her a lot more than that!!! Where were the bloody cameras then!!! I have written to Professional Standards and mentioned the camera situation!!! What a surprise they are now wearing cameras!!! My best piece of advice for any future 'victim' out there is: Always check your rear view mirror!!! And, always carry a camera!!! And, voice recorder!!! She was investigated!!! But, surprise, surprise, they stuck up for their own kind!!! Best of British!!!
quote
Posted by: tealeaf123@hotmail.c
o.uk, High Wycombe on 1:40pm Thu 24 Jul 08
I should also like to add that I was not given a ticket! And this 'police officer' was in an unmarked silver car!!! I did not stop prior to this because I thought she was some nutter who was shouting at me!!! Before I was stopped I was about to call the police! What a joke!!!
I should also like to add that I was not given a ticket! And this 'police officer' was in an unmarked silver car!!! I did not stop prior to this because I thought she was some nutter who was shouting at me!!! Before I was stopped I was about to call the police! What a joke!!!
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