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@Greasy_Slag
There have been several savage attacks caught on CCTV, but none had sufficient detail to identify the attackers which is odd... as the technology can pick up a number plate from serious distance!
One of the very first digital images used in press was the still from the Jamie Bulger murder, two children leading a smaller child away. this was iconic and since then we have seen stills of 7-7 bombers getting on the underground, Boris nearly getting taken out by a wayward lorry and countless street violence/stabbings.
You can only hope it acts as a deterrent, if these tools see CCTV stills all over the red tops and CCTV warnings all over the high street they might just think twice
In their defence it's pretty hard to predict where crime will take place and their policy for storing and reviewing footage is baised towards their needs... not ours. thats life