Just spotted outside Ealing Broadway station. First time I’ve seen the Met doing this… Anyone know why this is here?

by KING7HEAVY

33 comments

  1. Been all over London in the last 2 weeks. General response from the public has been positive I’ve read

  2. You can’t get close enough to read what it is, until it’s too late

  3. Not keen on this, won’t be long until it’s everywhere like China

  5. Does that count as a marked police vehicle? The insignia is very low-key.

  6. I don’t like this, but it is inevitable, best we can push for is better/more signage to alert the public

  7. Once again, Reddit commenters with delusions of grandeur.

    The Police don’t give a fuck about you Dave, you work in an office and the most exciting thing in your life is a Friday night at the pub. Or you Sandra, a PA for an orthodontist whose idea of a riot is Pilates twice a week.

    These cameras are scanning and comparing for outstanding dangerous and prolific offenders. People who make everybody’s lives around them an absolute misery.

    What is it you think the government is going to do with a picture of your face they took in the street where it is also captured by one of the 7000 other types of cameras that are within 300 feet of you at pretty much all times nowadays. At least this one serves a useful fucking purpose.

  8. I mean…It’s coming no matter what..your employer is watching you, the random off license shop is watching you.. Everyone is watching everyone..

    What we need here is that better regulation of police so that the officers are not misusing it to creep on the girl they have a crush on but rather to catch serious criminals who are still out and about doing their thing.

  9. Judging by their twitter posts they’ve managed to identify quite a few people wanted for various offences. I’m all for it.

  10. Huh, I was there around 3 and there was a number of uniformed officers hanging around outside the station talking to people.

    I wonder if they are looking for someone specific, or if it was in preparation for this van arriving.

  12. LFR ops aren’t interested in you unless you’re wanted.

    Put down the tin foil.

  14. 🤤🤤🤤 all that data inevitably going into China, Russia, etc when the expected data breach happens 🤤🤤🤤

  15. Does anyone know why the van is jacked up on poles? It looks like it’s lifted off the ground slightly at the front.

  16. I am completely fine with this and welcome it, I’ve been fine with passports, credit cards, drivers licences, Oyster cards, anti money laundering checks, the electoral register, the list goes on. I’ve had an easier life because of advances in those areas.

    People complain that this is an invasion of privacy, Orwellian or we are becoming like China etc, yet they are happy to share all their data to social media, connect their TVs up to the internet so providers can have usage history, use online apps to pay for parking, bills, yadda yadda yadda

    Every generation is shocked by something new that changes things slightly that they think might be detrimental to their lives but isn’t.

  19. I guess they have to state that this is what it does like but what is point of this ? If criminal can see it or being notified about this operation in certain area they would avoid the area ? I really feel like this is some kind of test or I just don’t see it very clearly how this is actually sending any message to crowds .

  23. They did it in Croydon. It got a lot of people off the streets do to with guns and stuff. If it works, it works.

  24. I saw this while passing through Ealing and it seemed a bit…odd. Out of this shot was a handful of police around the corner of the station entrance / exit and plain clothes police inside the station – clearly waiting to apprehend people leaving the station.

    Obviously it’s a good thing if it takes wanted offenders off the streets. Still makes me feel a bit off about it.

  25. They’re being trialed quite a bit especially in London, the images are immediately deleted if they don’t correspond with someone on file.
    In one operation alone they were able to apprehend 20 ish criminals some months ago, this is a good thing for safety.

  28. There’s quite a few countries not very far away where your complacency would be found deeply shocking. Governments aren’t always benign even if they have been for many years. You never do know when the minority group that you happen to be a member of becomes the one to be targeted. We had a bit of a shindig about it a few decades ago that you might have heard about?

  29. This could be so useful the amount of times the place I’ve worked has given cctv to the police , and unless they know the person it’s useless

  30. The guys they’re looking for are already wearing ski masks. This is just to further police and abuse the working middle class.

  31. If you eat your SIM card and shake your head you’ll be alright.

  32. Surely this is open to abuse. “Known criminal” could put one of those skin tight masks on and this thing would be none the wiser.

  33. Time to put your facemask back on, I guess!

    ‘Actually Officer, I wear this for your benefit, so I don’t give you my cold! Now fuck off back to your van’

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