ift in our approach to ogy is needed... and quickly
being achieved after so many years trying.
There is a need to discuss the moral and political implications of new security technology in advance of its deployment and not afterwards. One example is facial recognition systems, already being deployed but with no written international standard or code of practice and only recently the subject of debate in parliament. Robotics and Artificial Intelligence are the second examples where constructive debate is needed now, prior to deployment of these new capabilities. It will not be too long before the first security robot will be fielded in the role of 21st century night watchman. How will it be equipped? What sensors will it carry? Will it have the authority or the right to detain or disable a criminal before a conventional human response arrives? Will Isaac Asimov’s three Rules of Robotics still apply?
Crime and Violence on the increase
After falling significantly for many years, crime and the use of violence is now on the increase in all areas – none more so than retail business crime, where shoplifting causes losses of over £700m per year – and the true figure likely to be much more. Those who advocate that there is no correlation between the loss of 21,000 police officers and the rise in crime are simply out of touch with reality. Law enforcement today is required to deal with a new range of crimes such as historical sex abuse cases, filling gaps in the health and social services sectors and a much higher emphasis on CT policing. The net result is that many ‘low level’ crimes will not be investigated and a continuous downward spiral will result, with the public becoming increasingly disillusioned with the forces of law and order. This is potentially most dangerous. Unless technology is mobilised and enabled to fill some of these gaps then I fear that this spiral will only worsen at a time when our country desperately needs security, stability and coherence to attract inwards investment in its exposed post-European divorce epoch.
A new and more integrated approach towards the technologies and skills needed to halt this slide into darkness is required. Creative and innovative minds are urgently needed to bring the power of science and technology to bear.
At a crucial time in the nation’s history, national resilience and emergency planning staff have been drastically cut back. Not pessimism, but fact, and a line in the sand must be drawn now.
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Brig (Ret’d) J (Jeff) Little OBE MBA CGIA FSyl Co-Founder and Director, TriTectus Ltd.
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