WRITTEN ON August 28th, 2006 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Identity
Someone called Garrick Alder whom I dont know but from whom I have but two degrees of seperation (also he contributed to the FT so must be good) has done a piece on the Crime & Disorder Partnerships
A set of new bodies will be mapping crime and disorder out on a house-to-house level and displaying the results on the internet. The maps will be searchable by anyone, including insurance companies, and will also incorporate aerial photography. Backstage, vast amounts of highly sensitive data – including your medical notes – will be sloshed around on local government and emergency services intranet – and across the internet too. These new bodies will also encourage members of the public to submit complaints of anti-social behaviour via email. The resulting crime maps will be used to provide information for, among other things, decisions about architecture in afflicted areas.
He’s checked it out and he’s none too impressed: the service plays fast and loose with personal data. He foresees a sort of Big Brother where snoopers shop people. Because of dodgy census data be even foresees CDRPs trying to enforce maliciously-inspired Asbos on non-existent people. And what about his contention that
the best thing about the new Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) is that no one knows about them.
Well, I suppose I didnt really know about them. They just sound like one more of the zillion initiatives one tries to ignore. He carries some slides from a presentation covering Bedfordhire – example below.
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I do like the typo: As the dumping ground for much of London’s rubbish, it sometimes seems like “[b]Bedfordhire[/b].”
An [url "www.webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=66756"]un-verified post[/url] has appeared claiming that Google will offer web-site owners the geographical locations of their web visitors.
The web, IT, and anti-Terror measures are fast eroding traditional privacy.
Yikes Richard. I am going to start using internet cafes (like the old days) and will be keeping my hoodie up.
Hey, they do quite a good Wikipedia hoodie in XXL. No way would I be allowed into Bluewater – Zig says I look quite scary in it…
The local CDRPs are also responsible for administering a Home Office scheme called ‘Prolific and other Priority Offenders’. This is split into 3 strands, the first of which (‘Prevent and Deter’) is aimed at low-level young offenders – and at children of any age who have not committed an offence at all, but are deemed ‘at risk’ of offending. This judgment is based on factors such as poverty, ‘non-constructive’ use of spare time, ‘easily bored’, being a victim or perpetrator of bullying. In our view it’s a very worrying and potentially stigmatising surveillance scheme.