[Wear-Hard] Police officers in the UK are to be given head-mounted video cameras

[Tom Longson (nym)]

Anyone know what kind of head mount that police officer is using?

I think Justin.tv should talk to them about doing UKPolice.tv :-)

Tom Longson (nym)
http://igargoyle.com/

On 7/12/07, Tom Longson (nym) <tomlong at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I wonder if the general public can get copies of this video. The police
> here in LA have the motto "To protect and serve", who they refer to is vague
> unfortunately.
>
> Tom Longson (nym)
> http://igargoyle.com/
>
> On 7/12/07, Steve Barr <barr8888 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23403984-details/'Smile%2C+you're+on+camera!'+Police+to+get+'head-cams'/article.do
> >
> > <http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23403984-details/%27Smile%2C+you%27re+on+camera%21%27+Police+to+get+%27head-cams%27/article.do>(has pictures)
> >
> > Police officers in the UK are to be given head-mouted video cameras to
> > film incidents and arrests, the footage of which can then be used in
> > evidence.
> >
> > The Home Office is to give police £3 million to fund a national roll-out
> > of head cameras after regional trials proved they were successful in
> > fighting crime, the Government has announced.
> >
> > The move, announced by Minister of State for Police, Crime, Security and
> > Counter-Terrorism Tony McNulty, comes after an evaluation of a pilot project
> > in Plymouth by Devon and Cornwall Constabulary.
> >
> > The 'head-cams' can store up to 400 hours of footage with soundtrack on
> > their hard drive
> >
> > A report on the project showed that use of "body worn video devices" led
> > to an increase in the proportion of crimes where the offender was brought to
> > justice compared with incidents where the cameras were not used.
> >
> > [...]
> >
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