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UK: Cameras worn by Met's armed police are 'blocked whenever they aim their guns'

30 October 2015

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"Body-worn cameras issued to Met firearms officers have been condemned as “unfit for purpose” by the police watchdog.

"The video cameras are mounted on the shoulders of marksmen but the watchdog found their view is obscured whenever an officer raises a rifle to his shoulder to aim or fire the weapon."

See the article: Cameras worn by Met's armed police are 'blocked whenever they aim their guns' (Evening Standard, link)

Statement from Independent Police Complaints Commission: IPCC issues learning to Metropolitan Police during investigation into shooting in South London (pdf)

See also: Security fears arise over body-worn plodcam footage (The Register, link): "Fears have been raised over the security of information from the new police bodycam recordings held in the public cloud by US company Taser."

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