DCC Gerrard disappointed that Bill doesn’t regulate private cameras
DCC Graeme Gerrard of Cheshire Constabulary has expressed his disappointment that the Protection of Freedoms Bill doesn’t do anything to regulate private CCTV.
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Protection of Freedoms Bill scrutinised at Global MSC conference debate
The Protection of Freedoms Bill was very much the theme of the March 2011 Global MSC Security Conference, with many of the speakers left scratching their heads and wondering just what is the government trying to achieve with this piece of legislation.
Editor’s comment: Protection of Freedoms Bill won’t clarify regulation of CCTV surveillance
It shouldn’t come as any surprising then that the Protection of Freedoms Bill is such a mess. It will add unnecessary regulation to CCTV and security industry and won’t achieve its goal.
MPs support CCTV cameras in debate on Protection of Freedoms Bill
The second reading of the Protection of Freedoms Bill in the House of Commons earlier
Home Office launches consultation on new code of practice on CCTV and ANPR
As part of a Coalition pledge to further regulate CCTV, the government has launched a
Freedoms Bill welcomed by the BSIA
The Coalition Government published on Friday the Protection of the Freedoms Bill, following an announcement by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. In the Bill, reference is made to the forthcoming appointment of a Surveillance Camera Commissioner, and to the stipulation of a Code of Practice for the CCTV industry.
LGA takes positive view of Home Secretary’s announcement on RIPA surveillance
Although the UK government insists it is clamping down on the use of covert surveillance by councils, the Local Government Association has welcomed the announcement by the Home Secretary that councils will continue to be able to use covert surveillance under the guidance of RIPA, the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act.
