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Documents released under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that police hold intelligence records of millions of people who have not been charged or convicted of any crime. The disclosures show that around 14m Metropolitan police intelligence reports and 38m from other forces, gathered routinely because they may prove useful, are being made available to all police agencies on the Police National Database (PND).
These records are for a variety of different reasons associates of criminals, allegations of crimes, victims of sexual or domestic abuse and people who have attended demonstrations.
The Met intelligence files includes details about protesters who have attended demonstrations, unconvicted "persons of interest", associates of criminals, including lists of phone numbers stored on perpetrators' phones, allegations of crimes, and victims of sexual or domestic abuse. The database also contains almost 40,000 images.
Originally posted by mr-lizard
www.guardian.co.uk...
Documents released under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that police hold intelligence records of millions of people who have not been charged or convicted of any crime. The disclosures show that around 14m Metropolitan police intelligence reports and 38m from other forces, gathered routinely because they may prove useful, are being made available to all police agencies on the Police National Database (PND).
These records are for a variety of different reasons associates of criminals, allegations of crimes, victims of sexual or domestic abuse and people who have attended demonstrations.
Are innocent people being criminalised? Is it right for innocent people to have their data/images/details stored by the police for no good reason?
Is this the shape of things to come?
The Met intelligence files includes details about protesters who have attended demonstrations, unconvicted "persons of interest", associates of criminals, including lists of phone numbers stored on perpetrators' phones, allegations of crimes, and victims of sexual or domestic abuse. The database also contains almost 40,000 images.
Big brother or just playing to caution?
Originally posted by Cassius666
Police wont even look at the data unless you become a person of interest. Of course there would be problems in the event that society detoriates the way we have seen it in Mexico, where police isnt always on the side of law and order.