Reply to post: @Tom_ - Re: What's his beef?

UK cops caught using 12 MILLION Brits' mugshots on pic database

Graham Marsden
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@Tom_ - Re: What's his beef?

> I'd have thought that the advantage of a computer being able to present, say, a dozen potential matches quickly and let the police officer review those would be a good thing.

What a great idea! We're looking for a paedophile and Tom_'s face looks like a potential match, so we'll stroll into his workplace and interview him.

Of course when we've decided he's not a suspect and gone away, everyone will think "well that's ok then" and *nobody* will think "there's no smoke without fire" or "they wouldn't have interviewed him unless he was a wrong'un", will they...?

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