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The rise in body-worn cameras and the opportunity for policing
Doktor Jon
3 quick points on the use of BWV…
1. As with privately operated CCTV, there is no statutory bespoke regulation of privately operated BWV (unlike the tiny percentage of cameras that are ‘publicly’ operated, and covered by the Protection of Freedoms Act)
2. Failings in the way that premises CCTV are both deployed and operated, have left void areas which are then supplemented by BWV, rather than optimising existing security camera systems that are already in place.
3. One of a number of peculiarities that are at the heart of Data Protection driven regulation, means that whilst recording audio on CCTV is generally regarded as unacceptable, recording sound on BWV is invariably the default and accepted position.
Without better joined up thinking on the deployment and use of all existing privately operated video imaging technologies, we risk creating an environment where evidence gathering and investigations become either impractical or unaffordable in all but the most significant cases
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Doktor Jon
3 quick points on the use of BWV…
1. As with privately operated CCTV, there is no statutory bespoke regulation of privately operated BWV (unlike the tiny percentage of cameras that are ‘publicly’ operated, and covered by the Protection of Freedoms Act)
2. Failings in the way that premises CCTV are both deployed and operated, have left void areas which are then supplemented by BWV, rather than optimising existing security camera systems that are already in place.
3. One of a number of peculiarities that are at the heart of Data Protection driven regulation, means that whilst recording audio on CCTV is generally regarded as unacceptable, recording sound on BWV is invariably the default and accepted position.
Without better joined up thinking on the deployment and use of all existing privately operated video imaging technologies, we risk creating an environment where evidence gathering and investigations become either impractical or unaffordable in all but the most significant cases
