Re:Flock used >100 times to track veteran who recorded traff...
by tene80i on Saturday September 05, 2026 @01:35PM
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To some extent, the U.K. They’ve had flock-style cameras for years, and while there is of course police abuse there’s far greater accountability. Brits are more comfortable with the idea of police having those powers - but of course that’s partly to do with the fact their police don’t have guns, so are generally less terrifying.
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Re:Flock used >100 times to track veteran who recorded traff...
by 2b3a51 on Saturday September 05, 2026 @03:31PM
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UK police officers are not routinely armed, but there armed response units, and under certain circumstances in e.g. railway stations and airports you will see pairs of officers walking about with machine guns on a regular basis.
Accountability: misuse of cctv or bodycam footage can lead to disciplinary action of various kinds including being sacked. The link below will give you an idea of the volume of formal complaints and the 'pipeline' from complaint to potential dismissal and criminal proceedings against officers;
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-misconduct-e...
The accountability system is 'under review' (we do this a lot, slows things down nicely and looks like action);
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/end-to-end-review...
It isn't unicorns and rainbows by any means;
Re:Flock used >100 times to track veteran who recorded traff...
by AtlanticThird on Sunday September 06, 2026 @09:50AM
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Not at all true for the UK. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/28/police-accus...