torchbearer
08-01-2008, 06:56 PM
NYPD invites citizen crime images
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7536828.stm
Who needs to put up closed circuit cameras when you can turn everyone's neighbor into snitches. USSR/KGB style?
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said any mobile phone camera images of a crime scene would help an investigation.
Civil rights campaigners hope the new technology will also help expose incidents of police misconduct.
A recent video of a policeman shoving a cyclist to the ground in Times Square has had more than 1m views on YouTube.
The clip on the video-sharing website generated an online discussion about police brutality.
Commissioner Kelly said the new service would be available soon.
"It's a fact of life. Everybody has a camera in their telephones. When people can record an event taking place that helps us during an investigation," he was quoted as saying by Reuters new agency.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7536828.stm
Who needs to put up closed circuit cameras when you can turn everyone's neighbor into snitches. USSR/KGB style?
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said any mobile phone camera images of a crime scene would help an investigation.
Civil rights campaigners hope the new technology will also help expose incidents of police misconduct.
A recent video of a policeman shoving a cyclist to the ground in Times Square has had more than 1m views on YouTube.
The clip on the video-sharing website generated an online discussion about police brutality.
Commissioner Kelly said the new service would be available soon.
"It's a fact of life. Everybody has a camera in their telephones. When people can record an event taking place that helps us during an investigation," he was quoted as saying by Reuters new agency.