The Evening Standard
Every single Metropolitan police officer will be ‘microchipped’ so top brass can monitor their movements on a Big Brother style tracking scheme, it can be revealed today.
According to respected industry magazine Police Review, the plan - which affects all 31,000 serving officers in the Met, including Sir Ian Blair — is set to replace the unreliable Airwave radio system currently used to help monitor officer’s movements.
The new electronic tracking device — called the Automated Personal Location System (APLS) — means that officers will never be out of range of supervising officers.
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