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Met Police officers to be
'microchipped' by top brass in Big Brother style tracking scheme
UK
Dail Mail
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Every single Metropolitan police officer will be 'microchipped'
so top brass can monitor their movements on a Big Brother style
tracking scheme, it can be revealed today.
According to respected industry magazine Police Review, the plan
- which affects all 31,000 serving officers in the Met, including
Sir Ian Blair - is set to replace the unreliable Airwave radio
system currently used to help monitor officer's movements.
The new electronic tracking device - called the Automated Personal
Location System (APLS) - means that officers will never be out
of range of supervising officers.
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But many serving officers fear being turned into "Robocops"
- controlled by bosses who have not been out on the beat in years.
According to service providers Telent, the new technology 'will
enable operators in the Service's operations centres to identify
the location of each police officer' at any time they are on duty
- whether overground or underground.
Although police chiefs say the new technology is about 'improving
officer safety' and reacting to incidents more quickly, many rank
and file believe it is just a Big Brother style system to keep
tabs on them and make sure they don't 'doze off on duty'.
Some officers are concerned that the system - which will be able
to pinpoint any of the 31,000 officers in the Met to within a
few feet of their location - will put a complete end to community
policing and leave officers purely at the beck and call of control
room staff rather than reacting to members of the public on the
ground.
Full
article here.
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