Police unveil chav-cams
The Evening Post reports that police officers in the town centre will have mobile video cameras strapped to their heads in a bid to cut drink-related violent disorder. The cameras will capture what the cops see, with the footage used later as court evidence. According to Andy Bagnall, Reading town centre inspector, drinkers modify their behaviour when they realise that their actions are being recorded. Yeah…right. Aren’t drinkers aware already of the high concentration of CCTV cameras in the town centre? And surely the camera softens the carrier’s image? Come on, we need to go back to basics to fight this urban disease - not a piece of gimmicky technology.
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