West Midlands Police have rejected calls from civil liberties group, Liberty, for a high court judicial review of the legal issues the scheme presents, saying the move would not be necessary or appropriate now that that the public are to be consulted over the the future of the spycam scheme. Any such action, says the force legal officer, would cause delay and hamper attempts to reach a local community resolution to the deadlock.
The police have pledged to remove the 72 “covert” cameras that have been secretly installed in undisclosed locations amongst Birmingham’s two biggest Muslim communities for ‘anti-terror’ surveillance purposes. West Midlands police have also promised to conduct the Equalities Impact Assessment that it was required to carry out by law, but neglected to do before implementing the scheme.
More on this on The Stirrer website.
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