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  1. The #UK government is funding a new National Roads #Policing Coordination Centre (NRPCC) to lead a nationwide crackdown on illegal number plates across #England. Police forces will share intelligence, data and technology to identify offenders and disrupt organised crime groups using the road network.

    The NRPCC will trial #technology including specialised goggles designed to detect plates altered to evade cameras. Illegal plates, including cloned, ‘ghost’ and missing plates, can be used to avoid speeding, parking and clean air zone penalties, as well as conceal vehicles involved in serious crime.

    Drivers using incorrectly displayed number plates can be fined up to £1,000. The initiative forms part of the government’s new Road Safety Strategy, which aims to improve enforcement and save thousands of lives. The DVSA and DVLA are also working with police to tackle businesses supplying illegal plates and support roadside enforcement.
    gov.uk/government/news/crackdo

  2. If you are unable to comment on body cameras over Zoom, it is still valuable to send your thoughts to City Council via email.

    You can email the City Clerk at
    [email protected], and CC the City Council ([email protected]).

    #SomervilleMA #policing #surveillance #CallToAction #MAPol

  3. If you are unable to comment on body cameras over Zoom, it is still valuable to send your thoughts to City Council via email.

    You can email the City Clerk at
    [email protected], and CC the City Council ([email protected]).

    #SomervilleMA #policing #surveillance #CallToAction #MAPol

  4. If you are unable to comment on body cameras over Zoom, it is still valuable to send your thoughts to City Council via email.

    You can email the City Clerk at
    [email protected], and CC the City Council ([email protected]).

    #SomervilleMA #policing #surveillance #CallToAction #MAPol

  5. If you are unable to comment on body cameras over Zoom, it is still valuable to send your thoughts to City Council via email.

    You can email the City Clerk at
    [email protected], and CC the City Council ([email protected]).

    #SomervilleMA #policing #surveillance #CallToAction #MAPol

  6. Somerville residents concerned about deployment of police body cameras without civilian oversight, please consider giving public comment at Legislative Matters meeting at 6pm on September 8th:
    us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist

    To provide comment, register for the Zoom meeting, join the call at 6pm, and when the body cameras hearing begins, raises your hand to request to speak.

    #SomervilleMA #policing #surveillance #CallToAction #MAPol

  7. Somerville residents concerned about deployment of police body cameras without civilian oversight, please consider giving public comment at Legislative Matters meeting at 6pm on September 8th:
    us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist

    To provide comment, register for the Zoom meeting, join the call at 6pm, and when the body cameras hearing begins, raises your hand to request to speak.

    #SomervilleMA #policing #surveillance #CallToAction #MAPol

  8. Somerville residents concerned about deployment of police body cameras without civilian oversight, please consider giving public comment at Legislative Matters meeting at 6pm on September 8th:
    us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist

    To provide comment, register for the Zoom meeting, join the call at 6pm, and when the body cameras hearing begins, raises your hand to request to speak.

    #SomervilleMA #policing #surveillance #CallToAction #MAPol

  9. Somerville residents concerned about deployment of police body cameras without civilian oversight, please consider giving public comment at Legislative Matters meeting at 6pm on September 8th:
    us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist

    To provide comment, register for the Zoom meeting, join the call at 6pm, and when the body cameras hearing begins, raises your hand to request to speak.

    #SomervilleMA #policing #surveillance #CallToAction #MAPol

  10. The critical importance of good policy on police body cameras is made extremely clear following recent events in #CambridgeMA. On August 21, the Cambridge Police Department, who already have body cameras, fatally shot 64-year-old William Woodworth near Central Square.

    Woodworth's family are fighting hard to get access to the body camera footage, but the District Attorney is insisting that the footage not be released yet.
    bostonglobe.com/2026/08/28/met

    #BodyCameras #surveillance #policing #MAPol

  11. Mayor Wilson would like to believe that Somerville residents are enthusiastically supportive of putting body cameras on police regardless of the policy surrounding use of the cameras.

    This is why it is important not to let the September 8th hearing pass without significant public turnout, emphasizing that policy matters and that we insist on a civilian oversight body with real authority over the police department.

    #SomervilleMA #policing #surveillance #MAPol

  12. It's very frustrating that Somerville is moving forward with an expensive (estimaed $400,000 per year) body cameras program without waiting for the hearing that residents have requested and have a right to.

    As a reminder, Mayor Wilson's justification for urgency was that he didn't want to miss out on a quarter million dollar grant to cover the initial purchase, a sum that will be quickly outpaced by the ongoing costs of the program.

    #SomervilleMA #surveillance #policing #MAPol

  13. It should be noted that the comments at the July 27th meeting against deployment of police body cameras included several activists who have been advocating for police oversight since 2020. Meanwhile, a large fraction of the comments in favor of cameras were members of the city's own past task forces on policing.

    #SomervilleMA #surveillance #policing #MAPol

  14. At the Special Meeting on body cameras that Mayor Wilson called on July 27th, about two thirds of the public comments were in opposition to approval of the policy documents and/or in opposition to initiating an expensive body cameras program at this time.

    Nevertheless, the Council voted to approve the policy and to accept the small federal grant for purchase of the cameras (which required that the cameras be purchased by the end of August).

    #SomervilleMA #MAPol #surveillance #policing

  15. To give comments on police body cameras in Somerville, please use this link to sign up for the Zoom meeting, and raise your hand to request a chance to speak:
    us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist

    In particular, it's important to emphasize that a civilian oversight body should exist *before* police body cameras are deployed.

    #SomervilleMA #MAPol #policing

  16. There are some important updates on the #SomervilleMA police body cameras situation.

    On Tuesday September 8th, the Legislative Matters Committee will be holding the public hearing on body-worn cameras that 89 residents requested by petition. If you're concerned about the issue, it'd be great if you can sign up to give comment.

    #surveillance #MAPol #policing