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Scotland Yard Chief: Put CCTV In Every Home To Help Solve Crimes

Posted by samzenpus on from the all-the-better-to-see-you-with dept.

schwit1 writes Homeowners should consider fitting CCTV to trap burglars, the country's most senior police officer declared yesterday. Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said police forces needed more crime scene footage to match against their 12 million images of suspects and offenders. And he called on families and businesses to install cameras at eye level – to exploit advances in facial recognition technology.

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  1. Re:RTFA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Maybe the good Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe should be "encouraged" to volunteer his home as the test bed [...] so we can all watch them ruin a good piece of meat by boiling it to death and then some

    Maybe you should learn reading comprehension before posting. No where does it say that he thinks there should be a direct line between the camera in the private residence, and the police headquarters. Hell, CCTV even means closed mother-fucking circuit (minus the mother-fucking that was added to emphasize how stupid you are being).