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Police use of automatic number plate recognition

Posted by: Tony Porter, Posted on: 23 August 2016 - Categories: ANPR
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Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) is a fixture on our roads and motorways. The police use it to combat organised crime and counter terrorism – to keep the citizens of the UK safe.

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Managing the National Surveillance Camera Strategy

Posted by: Alastair Thomas, Posted on: 26 July 2016 - Categories: National surveillance camera stratgey
Infographic of CCTV cameras with the words 'National Surveillance Camera Strategy'

Hey there, it’s Alastair Thomas here. Once of the Home Office, which I left in December 2015. Tony Porter has hired me to project manage the development of the new National Surveillance Camera Strategy. Tony also invited me to write …

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Tell people that you are watching

Posted by: Tony Porter, Posted on: 8 April 2016 - Categories: Surveillance camera code of practice
Graphic of a book with the bullet points 'Transparency, Contact points, Access to information'

Do you know who’s watching you? I’ve said in a previous blog that surveillance cameras are everywhere and they are – there’s no getting away from it. They help protect our communities but if they are used inappropriately they can …

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