Newsbot Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Manx police are pleased with the miniature head mounted cameras they have been testing over the Christmas and New Year holidays. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/...man/6227493.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Manx police are pleased with the miniature head mounted cameras they have been testing over the Christmas and New Year holidays. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/...man/6227493.stm ...and are looking to recruit more policemen with miniature heads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 The police...Bradden Commisioners....Douglas Corporation all wanting to use these things. This is well wrong...is there no privacy left? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ans Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Privacy in public areas? How does that work then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Privacy in public areas? How does that work then? Wait till a copper puts your name on a database simply because a colleague identifies you innocently standing in the background when an incident takes place, a Bradden commissioner follows and films you and your dog, or the MEA meter readers say we want them too "in the interests of security" and start filming in your house. Thin end of the wedge. It's a good job I got pixellated over xmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Some questions: Are these cameras going to be carried around all day long or will they just be switched on at an incident? What data will be recorded and for how long? If I go and ask a Policeman for help will I be filmed regardless? I think a net effect of these cameras will be to make the Police less approachable than before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 It says here: "People will be warned when they are being recorded" http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/4727655.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/4489960.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4504708.stm I can see some great stuff being released on youtube in the coming years!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 It says here: "People will be warned when they are being recorded" "Halt! - Camera police! - stop or I shoot!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Police looked dissapointed when their new cameras were thwarted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyboarder Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Stand by for some PROPER happy slapping footage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Privacy in public areas? How does that work then? Wait till a copper puts your name on a database simply because a colleague identifies you innocently standing in the background when an incident takes place, a Bradden commissioner follows and films you and your dog, or the MEA meter readers say we want them too "in the interests of security" and start filming in your house. Thin end of the wedge. It's a good job I got pixellated over xmas. From MR - "Braddan Commissioners have become the first local authority to use a miniature head mounted camera. Officers will use a 'Cylon' device to enforce bye-laws and carry out house inspections. How about one of us wearing one, and starting to sit in at all of their meetings? Instead of 'youtube' perhaps we could start an upload site 'youplank'. _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hboy Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 From MR - "Braddan Commissioners have become the first local authority to use a miniature head mounted camera. Officers will use a 'Cylon' device to enforce bye-laws and carry out house inspections. You have to laugh - Robowarden comes to Braddan. There must be a human rights aspect to this. If some tit with a head camera turned up to do a video of the inside of my house he could f right off on the grounds of invasion of privacy. Where will they keep the footage? Who has access to it? How will personal information be stored? How will the footage be used? What are the copyright issues? Its not setting a good precedent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponderer Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 Aren't we all getting a bit paranoid, boys and girls? This is the isle of man... and I'm reluctant to be pursuaded that even the most bolchy manx politician is hatching a cunning plan to introduce a totalitarian national security state just yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hboy Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 Aren't we all getting a bit paranoid, boys and girls? This is the isle of man... and I'm reluctant to be pursuaded that even the most bolchy manx politician is hatching a cunning plan to introduce a totalitarian national security state just yet... A belief that all is benign and well intentioned is where it all starts going horribly wrong. As Voltaire's over optimistic Dr Pangloss was often quoted "since everything was made for a purpose, everything must be made for the best possible purpose" Personally that's bullshit. People only bring this stuff in for a reason, and you only know why 10 years after you allowed them to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponderer Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 . People only bring this stuff in for a reason, and you only know why 10 years after you allowed them to do it. Hmmm. Paranioa = "baseless or excessive suspicion of the motives of others" I think there are plenty of more serious risks facing the island over the next ten years.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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