By CB Root - 24 Aug 25 10:34 PM
Trailed widely in the last couple of days e.g. this report from BBC News, Govt plans to make laws enabling "criminals" to be banned from pubs, concerts, football matches and also create "inclusion zones" i.e. areas within which they will be confined rather than the current exclusion zones).
Common sense would suggest "criminals" will cover those serving community sentences or currently out on licence, but common sense and criminal justice being rare bedfellows, hands up who thinks the measures will soon enough be extended to anyone with an unspent conviction?
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By punter99 - 28 Aug 25 5:12 PM
+x+xFrom what I can see, the proposal is just to take out the word relevant, leaving the judge free to impose whatever they want. The enforcibility would be done mainly by GPS tags. Realistically, there is no way to link facial recognition tech to all CCTV cameras in the country. Most cameras are privately owned, either by councils, or business owners. At the moment. I suspect they might try insisting on access to council-owned CCTV, or at least float the idea, before they give up as it is not sustainable for the time being, but at least they tried, so they're not being soft on crime. Or criminals.
The latest plan was to expand the use of live facial recognition vans in 7 areas. Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, Bedfordshire, Surrey, Sussex, Thames Valley and Hampshire
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