Camera phones and anti-terrorism
Posted by MattE on 22 Jul 2005 at 08:39 am | Tagged as: Media, SMS
The ubiquitous camera phone could be one of the greatest tools for gathering evidence in terrorism and other crime activities. This is an excerpt from the UK Police website:
Detectives today issued an urgent appeal for any photographs, video footage or mobile phone images that were taken on either Thursday 7th July or on Thursday 21st July 2005, either in or close to the areas where the incidents took place.
Police believe that these images could contain vital information and provide a crucial piece of the investigative jigsaw. Read more
In any crime or terrorist event, eyewitness accounts are vital. However, often the memory is not as good as perfect, and even identikit images or artists impressions are hard-pressed to portray the ‘real’ image of a suspect.
With camera phones it is easy to just capture an image of a suspicious person, or a scene just after an event. These images could contain the vital clue. Images relating to non-events can just as easily be deleted.
