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London Police Seek To Install CCTV In Pubs

Posted by timothy on from the well-they-do-call-it-a-public-house dept.

JCWDenton writes "The Met Police got a short sharp rap over the knuckles yesterday, as the Office of the Information Commissioner questioned what looks very much like a blanket policy to force CCTV onto public houses in certain parts of London. The story begins with a letter to the Guardian last week, from Nick Gibson. He is currently renovating Islington pub The Drapers Arms, after its previous owners allowed it to go insolvent and then disappeared. In his letter, he argues that if he had merely taken over an existing licence, the police could not have imposed any additional conditions. However, because this was now a new licence, the police were able to make specific requests, including one particular request in respect of installing CCTV."

3 of 293 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Can we have a bit less old news? by interkin3tic · · Score: 3, Funny

    I read this when it went up on The Register, 5 days ago. Can people please check the timestamp before submitting/approving stories? The normal 2 or 3 days old news is just about passable, but 5 days is getting silly.

    I'm psychic, your post is about 6 days old to me, you hypocrite.

  2. Re:Any pub in central London... by JudgeSlash · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well-behaved people have nothing to fear from being seen sitting and drinking.

    You've obviously never had a Vindaloo and warm English beer...

  3. I can understand the Islington pub... by SetupWeasel · · Score: 4, Funny

    If someone named Ford walks in claiming the world is about to end, we can snag him before he leaves us all to die.

    Fucking wanker.