Comment Why stress this out? (Score 1) 293
"But they will only be able to use the data for national security purposes and not to fight ordinary crime, the Home Office stressed."
In The Netherlands the police is already using ANPR for quite some time to catch criminals. Why doesn't the UK do this? What's wrong with fighting ordinary crime like that?
For example, it will help getting those stolen cars back rather quickly, and you may even want to have alarm bells ringing if numberplates are unrecognisable, as long as you have a police force big enough to chase them all ;-)
Okay, a difference is that the Dutch are using this system on highways, and not in cities.
In The Netherlands the police is already using ANPR for quite some time to catch criminals. Why doesn't the UK do this? What's wrong with fighting ordinary crime like that?
For example, it will help getting those stolen cars back rather quickly, and you may even want to have alarm bells ringing if numberplates are unrecognisable, as long as you have a police force big enough to chase them all
Okay, a difference is that the Dutch are using this system on highways, and not in cities.
