British police may use China-like spy bugs for 2012 Olympics.Byline: ANI London, June 7 (ANI): A leaked Scotland Yard Scotland Yard, headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police. The term is often used, popularly, to refer to one branch, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Named after a short street in London, the site of a palace used in the 12th cent. report has revealed that the British police may be planning to deploy Chinese-style surveillance tactics during the 2012 London Olympics There have been two London Olympics (London hosting the Olympic Games), in 1908 and 1948, with a third scheduled for 2012. The planned 2012 Olympics will make London the first city to have hosted the modern Games of three Olympiads. . Among the "Big Brother" tactics deployed at last summer's Beijing Games was the installation of miniature microphones in thousands of taxis, the "restricted" report says. The spy bugs directly transmitted passengers' conversations to a police control room, and officers could activate disabling devices to stop the cabs if they suspected criminal activity. To keep a tab on the athletes, visitors and journalists, tiny microchips were believed to be installed on their tickets and passes. Software linked to the city's 300,000 CCTV CCTV abbr. closed-circuit television CCTV closed-circuit television cameras was capable of recognizing known criminals and terrorist suspects, the 44-page police report revealed. It further says that there are "lessons to be learnt from China's use of digital surveillance. But, the fine balance between the use of technology to support security requirements and individual rights to privacy will be an open debate in the UK for 2012." The study was prepared after a trip to the Beijing Olympics by Tarique Ghaffur Tarique Ghaffur CBE QPM (IPA: [tʌɹiːk ɡæfuːɹ])[1] is a high-ranking British police officer in London's Metropolitan Police Service. He is currently Assistant Commissioner–Central Operations. , a former assistant commissioner, The Sunday Times reports. Ghaffur was chairing the police committee on Olympic security till last October, before he was forced to step down following a dispute with the then Metropolitan police commissioner, Sir Ian Blair Sir Ian Warwick Blair, QPM (born 19 March 1953) is Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police (head of the Metropolitan Police Service). He is not related to Tony Blair, the former British Prime Minister, despite sharing a surname. . The study has been circulated to chief constables, MI5 and senior Whitehall officials as they draw up the 600 million dollar security plan for 2012. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Home Office minister Alan Campbell, the ministry is working on a technology that would allow police to halt a vehicle remotely. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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