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UK POLICE ARE to harness the powers of crowd-sourcing to help find those suspected of committing crimes during the 2011 London riots.
People will be able to use the app to view photographs of suspects and then identify them, using smartphones and tablet computers.
Thousands of images were loaded onto the MPS smartphone app, which is driven by technology from Facewatch, today.
Following last year’s riots, the Metropolitan police undertook a meticulous investigation of CCTV footage, through which they have identified and uploaded 2,880 images. Now they are urging members of the public to download the app and assist in identifying people whom police wish to speak to.
Simplicity
The Metropolitan police say that the key to the app is its simplicity. It is available on all computers at www.facewatchid.co.uk, while the Facewatch app works across all smartphone and tablet computer platforms with internet connection. It is free to download from the Apple App Store, Android Google Play and Blackberry App World.
Members of the public just enter a postcode and then click or touch through a selection of CCTV images of unidentified people that the police would like to talk to.
If they have information on a person shown, the viewer can enter their name and/or address, which is then sent immediately and confidentially to the police.
However, the images aren’t just from the riots – the police have also uploaded a further 2,000 images of low level crimes such as shoplifting or anti-social behaviour which are not related to the 2011 disorder.
Fighting crime
The Facewatch id app technology and secure database system has also been made available by Facewatch to all police forces across the UK and will soon link to the Facewatch business crime reporting solution already in use by many businesses in London.
MPS Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, head of Specialist Crime and Operations, said:
This is a great opportunity for the public to help us fight crime and bring those who remain outstanding to justice. My hope is that the two-thirds of Londoners who own smartphones will download this app, and help us identify people we still need to speak to. We need Londoners to browse through the app every week or so as new images will appear regularly.
Detective Chief Inspector Mick Neville, head of the Visual Image Identification and Inspection Office, said:
We are committed to tracing those individuals we wish to speak with through CCTV and other forensic images.
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Picture a world were Kanye West replaces Donald Trump as US president.
*where
Does it involve electrolytes???
And lots OF LSD?
idiocracy the movie
Don’t forget Kim would be the First Lady!
Seriously deluded. West is the next MC Hammer.
Oh Dear God.
If Kanye loves America like Kanye loves Kanye, they’ll be sorted
God help America, imagine what the founding fathers would think of it now
I don’t think they would really dig it.
The founding fathers be like yo, what’s up muhphuqqaz?
nothing to see here lads..him and his have exhausted mtv by now, its about time they brought on a new family mess. Cheaper and less damage to the whole economic universe. Oh and we dont have to widen doors to get bog heads in.
I meant to say big heads..
Yo Bro, we will build a bigger White House. We’s will call the mother fuc*er black house. We’s will make rap sh*t and sing about it. My wife will not be First Lady, she’s like only lady bro. The North wing was named after my first born. My second born will be called West. We won’t like downsizing but we’ll do it cuz we love you all. America needs the Wests, the world needs the West’s
I think that MTV has forgotten what the “M” stands for…
I’m pretty sure the “we hate Kanye ” era hasn’t passed and I don’t think it will for some time.
I’m not convinced by Kanye, he’d take my money when I’m in need…..
Would be worth him winning just for Donald Trump to interupt the inauguration by grabbing the mic and saying Jayz would be the best politician of all time.
His grandfather, seven times removed, was from Clonakilty. You heard it here first. He’ll drink a pint American President in De’Barras yet I’m telling ya.
They’ve always been good a producing black ‘puddings’ down there…….. I’m gonna hell for that joke.
Absolute f*cking bell end he is, if he was ever voted in now that would say a lot about Americans
If Trump can be a contender why not this clown?
Jedward for the Áras!
Don’t encourage em
Don’t encourage em
Don’t encourage em
I heard you the first time.
If ever a bloke suffered from Up Syndrome.
Does he like fish sticks?
Great …Not the first lady will have been in playboy,have a sex tape been married three times. Totes hillarious
The West Wing….
“I think we can”
who ?
“Never heard of her! ‘….. Lemmy
Bo’Selecta! Proper Bo’
A candidate with an ego and intellect Donald Trump
*with the ego and intellect of Donald Trump
Clown
And we think we’re bad with Enda Kenny
At last, an African American candidate.
I’m sorry Paul but I have to say I find a large amount of your comments to be utterly nauseating. You have nothing interesting about you.
who would struggle to spell candidate
And struggle to spell American
Soz.
kanye’s unscripted rant about George Bush says it all
That was TV gold!
Well it may not be a joke to him but to everyone else…
Kanye West has left the building…
Hopefully he got lost
Dick
The thoughts of that fxxkin eejit being president of America just cracks me up
He’s just so dislikable
Is he that arrogant or does he need an exorcist?
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