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> Just in Cardiff alone the police spent 3 million pounds in this technology.

This is and also isn't a lot of money. It's a small amount for an infrastructure project, but it's still 10 pounds per citizen.

You might manage to build a two lane car bridge for that same amount of money. Or a mile of road.

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For less than 50 deployments in the small Cardiff City? That's a lot of dough. They were simple tests. Now in London it's going to be fully operational on a daily basis.

Either way, the major concern is how the UK is building a dangerous surveillance state. I mean, I live in London and I can't go around without being watched. And that's just on the streets.

I wish it helped. I had a staff member's motor cycle stolen in broad daylight in London outside the shop. Two guys in helmets grabbed the parked bike, rolled it down the hill to start it and drove away. No result on catching them, everything on camera.

Although the surveillance system might help to solve these crimes, I don't think it is it's main raison d'être

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