Police headcams burst into flames The news that Metropolitan police officers patrolling the nation's capital may soon carry GPS tracking equipment has been overshadowed by shock revelations that uniform-mounted video cams have "caught fire" in use. The news comes courtesy of the Metropolitan Police Federation, the equivalent of a union for the lowest four …
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So where is your cop-cam record of what happened when this innocent passer-by dropped dead a few minutes after you 'gently nudged' him?
Oops, sorry your honour, my camera mysteriously went on fire.
So what about the video taken by the witness?
Yes your honour, we nicked him straight away for the crime of filming the police, and destroyed the illegal video.
"It would seem that even police headcam equipment isn't immune to the sort of heat issues which have bedevilled other items of modern technology in recent times."
The key phrase there is "in recent times". Is it just my poor memory, or has spontaneous combustion of batteries and power bricks only become a problem in the past few years? It's not like the devices are using more power than similar devices in the past, and it's not like we haven't been using the same technology in millions of devices for over a decade. So is there really a product or technology problem, or is it all down to defective workmanship and/or materials in an effort to cut cost?
Footage would be subject to availability under the FOI. much like being caught on MOD cameras when stood outside their establishments.. Mark Thomas i'm looking at you.. there's a new sport right there..
Anybody else thinking the police setup in Halting State is the next step from this? Testemony submitted by webcam and email pleas on plaintiff's behalf..
Sounds like the convenient first step for the "sorry we don't have any picture", after the Tube CCTV were not working, we lost the tape, there is no CCTV in the City and we were not there....
And we should seriously trust those guys to protect us... They lost my confidence a long time ago!
Yes it's probably a few rotten apples but if you hide them at the bottom of the basket after a while the whole thing just stinks!
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Thats a policeman with his helmet on fire and not your gay friend robert in that speical way..
It is still an offence to knock his hat off, so you may as well point and laugh.
*\. BB is watching you, if you've nothing to hide you've nothing to fear, but plenty to laugh at.
My favourite was the copper pulled into the hard shoulder to answer a mobile, aren't hard shoulders for emergency use ?.
Also REALLY funny is the convertibles in the rain sticking there hazards on and slamming into the hard should to put there roofs up.
And while i'm having a moan, all the fooking idiots driving with one hand and flicking fag ash out of the window, knobs, use your ash tray and pollute your own fricking car.
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I can only assume it's unarguable only because no one has tried yet - is it not the case that the officer can start/stop the recording at any point, and the the video is stored un-checksumed in the clear on a memory stick, with a forgeable date/time stamp ?
"Smyth also said that technology wasn't always helpful in the matter of solo patrolling. He said that police vehicles now have so much gear in them that it's "just not possible" for a single officer to handle it all and drive safely at the same time."
Surely solo patrolling is such a bad idea that not being able to operate all the equipment is the least of the problems with it.
Is it just me, or do the shoulder-mounted camera sseem to be pointing the wrong way for most of the time? The film I've seen from the vest cams seems to end up facing about five feet to the left of whatever or whoever is in front of the occifer involved...
Still, at least this would allow ITV to cut their budget but still produce The Bill - they could do away with the camera crews and sound techs and just use BobbyCam instead!
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