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ET phone home: Smartphones and crime prevention

Published on 27 February 2012 by in Social Media Innovation

  One of the downsides about any form of new technology is that it is inevitably expensive and attractive to thieves. Over the years, burglars have focused on Video Recorders, DVD players and, now, Flatscreen TVs. Car thieves have moved from car radios via CD players on to SatNavs, although even those are no longer of sufficient value to interest most opportunists. In the same way, the advent of mobile phones has been responsible for a sharp increase in the number of muggings, mainly with young people as both perpetrators and victims. This particular crimewave has been revitalised over the last couple of years by the launch of expensive smartphones such as the iPhone, Samsung Galaxy etc. These, along with Tablet computers, retain very high re-sale value and are therefore very robber-friendly. What got me thinking about this was a helpful conversation

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Police and social media: The rise of the twoppers

Published on 19 September 2011 by in Digital Engagement

There has been endless media coverage on the use of social networks in the recent riots. A more considered debate is now emerging and the call for emergency powers to close down social media in times of unrest has been pretty much put to bed. However, there remains an abiding impression that looters used Facebook, Twitter and Blackberry Messaging to outflank the police, who were at a loss how to respond. However, many police services have been working on digital engagement for some time now and several actively used Twitter and other online approaches during the riots. A number of police services are starting to use Twitter to communicate with their local communities and give a much clearer idea of the work that they do. In addition to the very well-publicised Greater Manchester Police Twitter Day, there are a number

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Detection and arrest: in search of the invisibility vibe

Published on 3 October 2011 by in Digital Engagement, Social Media Innovation

“An invisible man can rule the world”, says Claude Rains starring in the first movie version of The Invisible Man. I’ve been thinking a lot about the pros and cons of being invisible, or at least anonymous, over the last week or so. Offenders have always  sought to hide from the law and police officers to expose them. The development of fingerprinting, DNA analysis and ubiquitous CCTV coverage have all marked leaps forward in detection and have all been met with corresponding changes in offending skills (gloves, bleach and finding camera blindspots). The advent of social media has merely increased the speed of change. Invisibility/anonymity was a significant feature of the recent riots. Looters weren’t able to be invisible but tried their hardest to remain anonymous, wearing hoodies and masks and using Facebook, Twitter and, in particular, Blackberry Messaging, to organise

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