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UK Uses CCTV, Terrorism Laws, Against Pooping Dogs

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the let-this-be-a-lesson dept.

An anonymous reader writes to tell us that it seems the UK is trying make up for their judicious use of surveillance cameras that, according to recent research, do not actually deter crime, by using the surveillance network to prosecute petty crimes. "Conjuring up the bogeymen of terrorists, online pedophiles and cybercriminals, the U.K. passed a comprehensive surveillance law, The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, in 2000. The law allows 'the interception of communications, carrying out of surveillance, and the use of covert human intelligence sources' to help prevent crime, including terrorism. Recent reports in the U.K. media indicate that the laws are being used for everything but terrorism investigations."

5 of 303 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Yay by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Then they came for the dog owners,
    And I didn't speak up because I was not a dog owner.

  2. Re:Slippery Slopes by lazy_nihilist · · Score: 5, Funny

    First they came for the communists,
    Then they..

    Damn, they got me with this. I didn't expect them to come after me First.

  3. Re:Slippery Slopes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    2001!

    What are we playing?

  4. Re:Slippery Slopes by spun · · Score: 5, Funny

    2001!

    What are we playing? That's Numberwang!
    --
    - None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
  5. Re:9/11! not in UK by teh+kurisu · · Score: 5, Funny

    It was so nice of the 7th of July London bombers to blow themselves up on a date that we could all agree on.