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MP Jones welcomes High Court ruling on RoboCop cameras
Human rights campaigners are to appeal yesterday’s High Court ruling that determined that the Metropolitan Police’s use of unproven Live Facial Recognition cameras did not breach people’s human rights, judges saying the force’s policy gave an “adequate indication of the … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Crime, Croydon West, Live Facial Recognition cameras, London-wide issues, Policing, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged Big Brother Watch, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon West, Labour, LFR, Live Facial Recognition, London, Metropolitan Police, North End, Sarah Jones MP, Sir Mark Rowley, Tory
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10,000 sign Liberty petition against facial recognition cameras
Jason Perry’s council might not be allowing open discussion or questions on things that matter to the public, but Liberty, the widely respected human rights organisation, has got nearly 10,000 signatures on a petition that calls for more and better … Continue reading
Instant comedy classics as Longhurst ‘creates’ Croydon history
With the help of AI and a bit of PhotoShop, one Croydon creative has made an entire online library of fake “histories”, all about Croydon – from the glory days of the Whitgift Centre, to circus elephants on George Street, … Continue reading
1,700 jobs to be axed at ‘rapidly shrinking’ Metropolitan Police
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
Big Brother arrives in Croydon with Orwellian police cameras
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
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Crime, Croydon Council, Croydon West, Fairfield, Knife crime, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Policing, Ria Patel, Zoe Garbett
Tagged Big Brother Watch, Chris Philp MP, Cllr Ria Patel, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Croydon West, Green Party, Labour, LFR, Live Facial Recognition, London, London Assembly, London Road, Metropolitan Police, North End, Ria Patel, Supt Mitch Carr, Tory, Zoë Garbett
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Latest CCTV swoop on North End delivers eight more arrests
The Metropolitan Police appear to have abandoned their regular Thursday afternoon appointment with local crims on North End, and after a month of trialling Live Facial Recognition on Croydon’s main shopping street, the force has mixed things up a bit. … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Policing
Tagged Croydon, knife crime, LFR, Live Facial Recognition, London, Metropolitan Police, North End, Scotland Yard, West Croydon
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MP Philp backs calls for ‘Orwellian’ surveillance cameras
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
Big Brother is watching – and making arrests – in town centre
The Metropolitan Police made seven arrests in Croydon town centre yesterday by using Live Facial Recognition technology. LFR uses a live camera feed, or feeds, of people’s faces in crowds, and compares the live images against photos on a predetermined … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Policing
Tagged Big Brother, LFR, Live Facial Recognition, Metropolitan Police, Orwellian
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