I’ve always thought that science fiction often becomes science fact if you give it enough time.
I have just been reading a report on the most hated professions in the country. Top of the list is traffic wardens who are now walking the streets with helmets and clothing fitted with cameras to record incidents of physical and emotional abuse.
I also hear that the police have gone one step further. Not content with ‘head-cams’ strapped to their helmets – and the fact that there are now 680 million CCTV cameras covering every building in the country – the police have now started to use tiny surveillance drones to monitor things from 1,600 feet up in the sky. The drones are about the size of houseflies and feature digital cameras and location tagging technology that was originally developed for military purposes.
Not very surprising really given that there is now absolutely no difference between the police and the military. Apparently the police have ordered 5 million of the little critters to permanently monitor ‘known trouble spots’ (aka town centres).