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Podcast: Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald
Episode: John MacDonald: Police cameras yes - with a couple of provisos
Description: I’ve surprised myself a little bit with my reaction to the news the police are looking at introducing body cameras. Generally, I’m all for it. But the civil liberties people have raised some very good points about them being misused. One example they’re giving is the potential for the cameras to be combined with facial recognition technology. Which I'm torn on, after finding out about facial recognition being used at the Richmond Club, in Christchurch, to keep an eye on people using the pokie machines. They're are asking how we're going to...