This is the dark HN fantasy of scaleable British panopticon surveillance again. The police have surprisingly little constantly available CCTV. Police and natio

This is the dark HN fantasy of scaleable British panopticon surveillance again. The police have surprisingly little constantly available CCTV. Police and national government control a minuscule fraction of the CCTV in the UK. (Local government a bit more, but it’s town centre anti-nuisance stuff —- pickpockets —- and a few secure buildings, and the police do not have routine access to it). There isn’t the money, the intent or the legal framework to so what you’re suggesting, and nor, I would say, do we “love it”.