Cops To Start CrimeTube To Report Offenses

An anonymous reader writes "UK citizens may soon be able to report crimes by uploading videos taken from their mobile phones. Ian Readhead, director of information for the Association of Chief Police Officers, told silicon.com that forces want to build a video reporting portal to allow the public to upload potential evidence. Checking YouTube is now a routine part of many police investigations, he said, and police want to build on the extra functionality that this gives them."

Comments

This is brilliant?

[FredFredrickson]

This is brilliant, but I don't know how well it will work.

I tried it out, to see if I could get results. After spending a full day videotaping the dealings of the CEO of a major US company this week, and posting it, the police responded "Well, I mean, we don't really deal with this kind of stuff. Find me a guy who stole some cigarettes or something"

Let's get started!

[Sponge Bath]

If they had this in the US, I would upload video of my ATT phone/wireless/internet bill.

what....

[Dyinobal]

I don't see any way this could possibly go wrong!

Educated Stupid

[Millennium]

These evil word bastards are perpetuating non-Cubic myth. Only Dr. Gene Ray, wisest human, can possibly understand the depth and importance of this harmonic system with 4 simultaneous days in a single rotation...

Oh, wait; Crime Tube? Um, err, sorry about that. My bad.

Man, that sucks.

at last

[Chapter80]

I finally have a server that I can store all my snuff films on!

Re:So what are they going to do

[Anonymous Coward]

So what are they going to do when people start uploading videos en masse of the police breaking the law?

Every keyboard I have ever seen has a "Delete" key. The police will eventually find it on theirs.

Re:CPD

[Anonymous Coward]

If this were Chicago the system would eventually become overwhelmed by police crimes.

Or crimes by your Governor..
*rim shot*

Orwell spinning in his grave?

[drewzhrodague]

...watch your view counter spin like Orwell in his grave.

You may need to gear it down and use a tachometer. I understand he's starting to fly apart in there.

Re:Orwell spinning in his grave?

[max99ted]

I understand he's starting to fly apart in there

"Fly him apart then!!"

Re:We the people ...

[Reziac]

Exactly what bothers me about such schemes. Your neighbour becomes your possible enemy... divide the people so they cannot possibly move against an oppressive gov't, because they all distrust one another too much.

Cue the "in Soviet Russia" jokes... oh, how about this one??

Subject: KGB
Place and time: Somewhere in the Soviet Union in the 1950s.

The phone rings at KGB headquarters.

"Hello?"

"Hello, is this KGB?"

"Yes. What do you want?"

"I'm calling to report my neighbor Yankel Rabinovitz as an enemy of the State. He is hiding undeclared diamonds in some fallen trees on his property."

"This will be noted." Next day, the KGB patrol arrives at the Rabinovitz's house. They chop the trees into pieces, but find no diamonds.

Later the phone rings at the Rabinovitz house.
"Hello, Yankel! Did the KGB come?"

"Yes. Did they chop your firewood?"

"Yes, they did."

"Okay, now it's your turn to call. I need my vegetable patch plowed.

Re:Nothing is in isolation

[Tanktalus]

Well I'll tell you why, because police actually INVESTIGATE a crime.

I'd like to know where this mythical place is where police are both sufficiently funded, and incorruptible.

(Maybe you've been watching too much CSI:NY?)

Re:Nothing is in isolation

[Hurricane78]

and if you really tried to frame someone I hope you like sharing rooms with rough men because that's where you are headed.

Dear Sir,

I wish to complain in the strongest possible terms, about the comment which you have just submitted about the rough men that are frightening to be in the same room with.
Many of my best friends are rough men, and only a few of them are transvestites.

Yours faithfully,

Brigadier Sir Charles Arthur
Strong (Mrs)

P.S.: I have never kissed the editor of TFA.