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Police wear crime cameras
1:09pm Friday 18th July 2008
Comments (14)POLICE officers have started to wear cameras fitted to their jackets to provide filmed evidence of alleged crimes.
Four of the cameras have been handed to Wycombe and Marlow police stations.
They are connected to a computer disk which clips onto the officers' belts and can record up to two hours of video and sound.
PC Russ Murden, neighbourhood inspector for High Wycombe, said the cameras would be sent to jobs and used routinely on Tuesday and Friday nights.
Fights and similar public order offences were the types of crimes officers expected to capture on film, he said.
"It is a little bit like Robocop come home. It is very simple technology, very light and easy to use."
He added: "When people see cameras in the area it can diffuse situations when they realise whatever is being said or done is all being captured and could potentially be used in a future prosecution."
Camera evidence had already led to a suspect being remanded in custody when brought before a court, he said.
This might not have happened without video evidence, he said.
Responding to concerns about today's surveillance society' he said officers would wear armbands, indicating they are using cameras and the devices would be used openly.
To watch an interview with PC Murden and to see video footage taken from the new cameras, click on the link above.
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llcherri, Wycombe says...
3:39pm Fri 18 Jul 08
Trefor, Out standing in my field says...
4:53pm Fri 18 Jul 08
Lo_Wycombe, Bowerdean Rd says...
5:19pm Fri 18 Jul 08
slacker, Flackwell says...
5:23pm Fri 18 Jul 08
Trefor wrote:Yes I saw this earlier today, a mob of 30 people. TBH this shocks me more than the recent stabbings of the youth and highlights the dangers the police face every day of their working lives.
Great idea. Just think of the awful story in the news today of 2 Police Officers being attacked by a 'mob' in Croyden allegedly just because they asked a teenage girl to pick up her litter. People need to start being scared of the Police again. If its not guns then maybe cameras will help.
Every officer should be given one of these cameras, it won't prevent attacks but may go some way to identifying those involved.
R of Wycombe, High Wycombe says...
6:16pm Fri 18 Jul 08
Ivor, says...
7:22pm Fri 18 Jul 08
Perhaps the ordinary people should be issued with them too so they can record the actions of the police when they arrest them?
Have you read Ivors blog today? Click on the Opinion link on the menu on the left then click on Readers Blogs.
Plus ça change..., Wycomstabulary says...
7:37pm Fri 18 Jul 08
Surely that is possible already?
They need all the help they can get.
Reads2much, London says...
9:32am Sat 19 Jul 08
Lo_Wycombe wrote:No that is about someone who is well imformed about Testicular Cancer it should be a part of ALL mens uniforms !!!!
I notice this officer is wearing a yellow wrist band, is this part of a new uniform?
Observer, Hilltop says...
10:17am Sat 19 Jul 08
Whilst I can see this tool might be useful to the police, I foresee legal problems with using it as evidence in a court.
slacker, Flackwell says...
10:37am Sat 19 Jul 08
Observer wrote:I don't see it being a problem. It is no different to a mobile CCTV camera
Should the police be giving warnings before recording the information, like they do in recorded interviews or on the brink of arrest?
Whilst I can see this tool might be useful to the police, I foresee legal problems with using it as evidence in a court.
bucksman, high wycombe says...
7:59pm Sun 20 Jul 08
nice on reads2much
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o.uk, High Wycombe says...
11:12am Thu 24 Jul 08
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o.uk, High Wycombe says...
1:40pm Thu 24 Jul 08
PC Tom Day with the new camera kit
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ukus, HW says...
2:38pm Fri 18 Jul 08