Tag Archives: Big Brother Watch

1,700 jobs to be axed at ‘rapidly shrinking’ Metropolitan Police

Posted on April 3, 2025 by insidecroydon

The “rapidly shrinking” Metropolitan Police is to axe 1,700 police, staff and community support officers due to a £260million budget shortfall. The cuts will fall mainly on the Royal Parks Police, which is to be disbanded, on dog units and … Continue reading →

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Big Brother arrives in Croydon with Orwellian police cameras

Posted on March 27, 2025 by insidecroydon

North End and London Road are to be the first locations in the country to have permanently fitted Live Facial Recognition cameras, despite significant concerns about the legalities of the surveillance techniques and questions over their whether they even work … Continue reading →

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MP Philp backs calls for ‘Orwellian’ surveillance cameras

Posted on December 28, 2023 by insidecroydon

If it’s Thursday, it must be Facial Recognition day in Croydon town centre. The Met Police deployed its Big Brother-style CCTV cameras on North End again last week – for the third Thursday in succession – and now Croydon South … Continue reading →

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