Tony Porter

Tony Porter was appointed Surveillance Camera Commissioner in March 2014. He has a combination of business and law enforcement expertise. He is an intelligence specialist (most recently within the financial sector) and retired senior police leader. His experience spans community and business engagement, international counter terrorism and serious and organised crime.

National surveillance camera strategy and the critical national infrastructure

Tony Porter, 7 September 2017 - Critical National Infrastructure, National surveillance camera strategy

The Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) strand of the national surveillance camera strategy for England and Wales is run by the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI). CPNI is the government authority for protective security advice, both physical and …

A whole system approach to surveillance cameras

Tony Porter, 10 August 2017 - National surveillance camera strategy, Surveillance camera code of practice, Surveillance cameras

Getting a fully operational surveillance camera system up and running takes a number of steps. Considering why you want a system, buying that system, having it installed, operating it, storing data, extracting data when required and maintaining the system so …

Horizon scanning the national strategy

Tony Porter, 21 July 2017 - National surveillance camera stratgey

It’s been about a year since I last blogged about the horizon scanning strand of the national surveillance camera strategy for England and Wales. It’s a really important area for me and if you’ve read previous blogs you’ll have seen …

Influence of the national surveillance camera strategy

Tony Porter, 7 July 2017 - CCTV, National surveillance camera stratgey, Privacy, Surveillance cameras

Those of you who were at the recent IFSEC Global conference may have noticed that I was included in the list of the top 50 influencers in security and fire in the UK for 2017 under the security management and …

Surveillance cameras and GDPR

Tony Porter, 30 June 2017 - ANPR, Body worn video, CCTV, Drones, Privacy

I have frequently said that technology advances at the speed of light – 0 to 60 in a flash! Well it seems like regulation is doing the same! We are now less than 12 months from the introduction of the General …

Public space surveillance cameras

Tony Porter, 19 June 2017 - CCTV

Recent events in the UK have shown us that we live in a time where personal and national security is under threat. What these events do is serve to underline is the importance of vigilance in keeping our communities safe. …

Pressing need

Tony Porter, 16 May 2017 - CCTV

Principle one of the Surveillance Camera Code of Practice talks about surveillance cameras being used for a legitimate aim to meet a pressing need.

National surveillance camera strategy for England and Wales launched

Tony Porter, 14 March 2017 - National surveillance camera stratgey

After a year of hard work I’m delighted to be able to launch a national surveillance camera strategy for England and Wales, to help keep people safe in public places and respect their right to privacy. It’s a strategy that …

Cbyer security and surveillance cameras

Tony Porter, 26 February 2017 - Surveillance cameras

When CCTV became widespread across the towns and cities of the UK in the 1980s and 1990s a CCTV camera was just a CCTV camera. It was a camera set up to record images, those images were recorded on a …

Surveillance cameras in healthcare

Tony Porter, 27 January 2017 - Surveillance cameras

You may have seen my recent correspondence with Government on my review of the impact and operation of the Surveillance Camera Code of Practice. In my last letter I asked Government to consider  including the NHS as a relevant authority under the Protection of …

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