So now that the "trial" has failed we're going to stop doing face scanning, right? ...right???
"He said 103 arrests has been made so far and there was one false alert which did not result in an arrest.
Supt Luke Dillon said overall crime figures in the Fairfield ward, where the pilot has been held, fell by 12% per cent.
"We're seeing reductions in almost all crime types, certainly in shoplifting and robbery," he said. "
People are being matched against an existing watchlist so the people arrested are those the Police would arrest anyway if they found them.
Locking you up in a cage for days when you did nothing wrong, dragging you into court where you need to defend your life is pretty much almost the worst thing a modern western state can do to you.
So it's kind of relevant if they're doing that.
There are two types of cameras – the Flock type of which there are many more in the UK which record all the time and spot people committing a crime where the video is kept and these which do not retain video but are used in real time by police to see if there is anyone who they already have put on a list to be arrested.
There is a case of a flase positive - detained for 30 minutes
For example the falling of the crime figures could be just because there where more officers around attending the camera's. Or actually that just there being a camera already has a deterring effect, I assume the perpetrators didn't know it was LFR.
I also wonder if the resources spend in a traditional way would have been more effective. I think 3 month trail to make 103 arrests seems a bit low, but I am not familiar with the normal "arrest rate" in that area.
Most shops do have cameras and they do not seem to be a deterrant.
Also the cameras were not in constant use for 3 months. I don't think we know for how long and when they were actually used.
"Last month BTP announced it was extending the trial for a further four months and expanding the deployments to include London Underground stations. "