Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Cop Chases Himself on Snoop Cam

Police State Culture                   

Police officer 'chased himself' after being mistaken for burglar
"chased himself round the streets" for 20 minutes after a CCTV operator mistook him for suspect.

 

Res Ipsa Loquitur

... the probationary officer from Sussex Police searched for suspects, the camera operator radioed that he had seen someone “acting suspiciously” in the area.

But he failed to realise that it was actually the plain-clothed officer he was watching on the screen, according to details leaked to an industry magazine.

The operator directed the officer, who was on foot patrol, as he followed the "suspect" on camera last month, telling his colleague on the ground that he was "hot on his heels".

The officer spent around 20 minutes giving chase before a sergeant came into the CCTV control room, recognised the “suspect” and laughed hysterically at the mistake.

This story (sent by the lady  mary) prompted me to post the video  How To Beat Speed Cams in the header video theatre,  which as far as I know no a soul watches, even though I sent in a cleaning crew to get rid of all sticky stuff on the seats.  Still, you can also see it here.




8 comments:

Anonymous said...

I tend to enjoy your video selections. keep em coming.

-bfhogues

Anonymous said...

This is going to get really f'n ugly. To manage all their camera feed data, the cops will need sophisticated military grade tracking technology, and what good is it if they don't all share their data, and work from a national, hell make it international standard? We either pull the fangs on this techno intrusion into our lives now, or it'll never happen.

Casca

Cheesy said...

Who's watching the watchers?

Anonymous said...

How are you going to beat the UAVs?

Anonymous said...

You don't let the cops have them.

Casca

I-RIGHT-I said...

"You don't let the cops have them."

Too late, our Republican Congress just authorized a massive build-up of UAVs for flights over the USA. 30,000 by 2020. I think thats drones, not flights but I might be wrong.

Anonymous said...

You don't have to beat the UAVs. You take out the operators and their families.

Kristophr said...

The US Airforce's UAVs are operated out of a facility next to the entrance of the Groom Lake testing area.

That project of yours may be difficult, anon. Perhaps we should try winning the war politically, instead?

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