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Police forces in England and Wales have uploaded up to 18 million "mugshots" to a facial recognition database - despite a court ruling it could be unlawful. They include photos of people never charged, or others cleared of an offence, and were uploaded without Home Office approval, Newsnight has learned. Photos of "hundreds of thousands" of innocent people may be on the database, an independent commissioner said. The database complies with the Data Protection Act, police insisted. Biometrics Commissioner Alastair MacGregor QC said he was concerned about the implications of the system for privacy and civil liberties. Jump media player Media player help Out of medi…

We already have a complaints thread that this has been mentioned in, so I've moved the posts that were here, to the other thread and will lock this. If you are looking for it.... It's here... http://www.policeuk.com/forum/index.php?/topic/20217-complaints-from-the-public/#entry557054

Most complaints were about police failing in their duties or being rude and intolerant The number of complaints made against police in England and Wales has reached a record high. There were 34,863 cases involving complaints in 2013-14, Jump media player Media player help Out of media player. Press enter to return or tab to continue. Dame Anne Owers, chair of the IPCC, says that the figures are "obviously worrying" Dame Anne Owers, who chairs the IPCC, said the figures showed police forces were "not handling complaints sufficiently well". She said the IPCC upheld 49% of appeals from people whose complaints were not even recorded in the first place as well as 44% …

The cost implications of this will be enormous. It's interesting to note that Officers should be offered one. So it won't be compulsory. I personally will elect not to carry one, if, by some remote chance, I was offered the choice. At some stage they will be compulsory for new recruits. Which will be interesting, as there was a high failure rate in my previous Force. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31071922 Personally, I think the Fed should have concentrated on other more pressing matters, such as the disgraceful lack of info on Police pensions!