Outgoing UK commish leaves advice for law enforcement use of biometrics and drones

Professor Fraser Sampson, who recently announced that he will step down as the UK’s Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner at the end of October, has offered some final counsel on regulating uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) – better known to most as drones.

The results of a survey Sampson conducted found that, while “police forces in the UK routinely use drones equipped with high-definition cameras, night vision or thermal imaging capability” for a variety of surveillance activities, most forces using them …

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