BBC NEWS | UK | Wales | South West Wales | 'Virtual' police station on line:
"The UK's first 'virtual' police station is up and running, giving
residents face-to-face access to a police officer 24 hours a day."
I think this is a great idea , especially with the uptake of broadband and the fact children and older people are very comfortable with the Net these days. Some times it's emotionally easier to do things on the web rather than in "real" life. I can imagine it would increase public participation in crime watch in a good way. Maybe there needs to be an international site as well. I can remember a story of a net user happening to see an armed hold up on a web cam they just happened to be visiting and they rang the local police of the area. With an international police site, you could just email them. I guess spamming and scamming might be an issue. Maybe some of the hackers who are caught could be used to protect the online site?! Honestly, this world is mind boggling sometimes.
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