Originally uploaded by Emma and Lorenzo Wood
Hot on the heels of MySociety’s iPhone app for their wonderful FixMyStreet service, Lorenzo spotted this in the wilds of Shoreditch…
Numbered CCTV is one thing (a la Westminster’s unique parking location references (UPLs?)) but texting incidents is a step further.
The cynic in me wonders if this means that the cameras are not monitored until they get a text?
Thinking further forward, why even bother having a camera: just get people to send in photos by MMS with the reference number of the nearest lampost…
Stand by for a new wave of crime – stealing mobiles of people reporting incidents…