Three hundred constabulary officer were given access to 50 cameras and body - worn telecasting equipment , which they could lash on during daytime or night patrol . The optic evidence of crimes meant that it was well - nigh impossible for the perpetrators to get away with it , as was frequently the case . There was less paperwork for the police , less time spent in motor lodge , in the beginning guilty pleas and an step-up in convictions .
At the final stage of the yearlong pilot , arrests for violent crime were up by a monolithic 85 percent , while the constabulary ’s detective work of violent crime was up by 40 percent . Devon and Cornwall Constabulary , the force which attempt the run , also claimed to have reduced violent crime by 8 percentage .
At the same clock time as the story was aired , the Home Office put out steering on constabulary proceedures for recorded hitch . Although nothing was note about smiling for the camera and only prove one ’s best side , it did suggest that the cops apprise suspect that their actions are being digitally preserved for posterity ( unless it ’s a covert operation in which case anything goes * ) .
- That ’s a joke , by the way .
[ KablenetviaThe Register ]
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