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Police in the UK are planning to use unmanned spy drones, controversially deployed in Afghanistan, for the "routine" monitoring of antisocial motorists, protesters, agricultural thieves and fly-tippers, in a significant expansion of covert state surveillance.
There are up to 4.2m CCTV cameras in Britain - about one for every 14 people. (2006 figures)
The borough of Wandsworth has the highest number of CCTV cameras in London, with just under four cameras per 1,000 people. Its total number of cameras - 1,113 - is more than the police departments of Boston [USA], Johannesburg and Dublin City Council combined.
The city has said it plans to deactivate the cameras after the Paralympic Games end March 28, but whether or not they will be removed is not clear.
"We need to approach it very cautiously," Mayor Gregor Robertson told CBC News.
"There's a reason to [use them] for the Games specifically but after that there needs to be a lot more dialogue. People have to understand what the pros and cons are before we move forward on that."
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Police on Merseyside have had to ground their new drone over concerns it was being used illegally without a licence.
Merseyside Police said they had been unaware they needed a licence to fly the remote control helicopter, which is fitted with CCTV.