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 …
Hi, I’m Professor William Webster Director at the Centre for Research into Information, Surveillance and Privacy (CRISP) and Professor of Public Policy and Management at the University of Stirling. I’m leading the civil engagement strand of the National Surveillance Camera …
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 …
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 …
I was in the gym yesterday, wondering what I could write in this guest blog, when I looked up from the treadmill and saw a news feature about trialling the use of body cameras in classrooms to record students’ bad …
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 …
Over the Christmas period you may have been looking to the skies for Santa’s sleigh and you may have thought you saw it when in fact what you saw was an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle – more commonly known as a …
If you’ve been an avid reader of my blog you’ll know that I’ve spent the best part of a year developing a national surveillance camera strategy for England and Wales. You’ll also know that we’ve been consulting on a draft …
Since I took up post as Surveillance Camera Commissioner nearly 3 years ago technology has moved forward at an incredible pace – particularly when I think about body worn video. When I took up post some police forces were starting to …
Only a few years ago facial recognition technology seemed like science fiction but now it’s very much a reality. I mentioned in a recent blog a conference I went to about three years ago where the facial recognition technology I …