Home Office finally approves UK cybercoppers
Neil
I hereby suggest #
Posted Wednesday 1st October 2008 12:37 GMT

That these officers be known from now on as the iPlod
Anonymous Coward
I bet they'll be the Met ECrime Unit #
Posted Wednesday 1st October 2008 12:37 GMT

Everyone knows the Met think they they are the only Police Force, oops, sorry, Service and they'll only service their own interests.
paris because she knows how to service everyone
Riscyrich
Legends ? #
Posted Wednesday 1st October 2008 12:37 GMT
>> The kernel of the division will be 50 officers from the Met's Hi-tech Crime Unit.
Hands up if you would like to meet said personnel to vet their skills?
I sincerely hope these people are legends in their respective areas…
Mike Crawshaw
So.... #
Posted Wednesday 1st October 2008 13:18 GMT

Instead of ringing the local plod, and getting a disinterested twat giving us a crime reference number for insurance purposes, we'll ring the iPlod (I love that name, Neil!!), where a disinterested twat will give us a crime reference number. Progress!!!!
Mark
@iPlod #
Posted Wednesday 1st October 2008 13:57 GMT

Awesome... I second that!
Anonymous Coward
Application to join SOCA #
Posted Wednesday 1st October 2008 14:06 GMT

Weeda likea be organize by your best sounding Agency. Cuda you represence us?
Reverences anda many practical results sending bya request,
Yours seriously into crime, c. nostra
RotaCyclic
Under funded #
Posted Wednesday 1st October 2008 14:34 GMT
You know what's going to happen. There will be confusion about which organisation will be tasked with investigating your case of cyber crime, and the organisation concerned will be severely under funded to the point where they turn round and say "you haven't lost enough money for us to investigate it, join the queue".
Internet crime has been around for years and it's only now the Police, the Government decide to form a group to investigate it.
RotaCyclic
Lack of Staff #
Posted Wednesday 1st October 2008 15:03 GMT
According to another article I have just read, the staff complement of the new unit will be 45, made up from Police officers and IT experts.
So less than 45 staff will be IT experts. How many e-crimes can 45 IT experts investigate in a year?
Exactly as I predicted in my earlier post, way underfunded.
How is it, when it comes to IT, on just about everything, this Labour government manages to screw up in a big way?
Good job they haven't set up an email address to which we can report cyber crimes, would take too long to have them completely snowed under with the 419 scams alone.
richard
Great!! #
Posted Wednesday 1st October 2008 15:03 GMT
They can start by investigating the phorm/BT illegal interceptions then.
paul
"funded by industry" #
Posted Wednesday 1st October 2008 15:54 GMT

You know their sole goal will catching 15 year olds downloading the latest pop trash,
Nick Palmer
@richard #
Posted Wednesday 1st October 2008 15:54 GMT

Errrrr...I think it may be more the case that we'll now have a dedicated policing agency to tell us to go Phuck ourselves rather than investigate it, but you never know...
Vincent
@ iPlod #
Posted Wednesday 1st October 2008 15:54 GMT

I third that!
amanfromMars
MisDirection ..... Shielding whom? #
Posted Wednesday 1st October 2008 15:54 GMT

"The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) is tasked with tackling high-level international crime and only takes reports of cybercrime indirectly."
They haven't realised that cyber criminals are running high-level international crime then?
ooFie
Great... #
Posted Wednesday 1st October 2008 19:16 GMT

So instead of just being hassled by Plod-standard on the streets, we now have to put up with iPlod hassling us on the web.
*\. Sending a letter to the OED about adding the term 'TwatDangle' & now 'iPlod' to the new edition.
Graham Marsden
@Neil #
Posted Wednesday 1st October 2008 19:16 GMT

Re: iPlod
ROFLALAL! Excellent!!
Anonymous Coward
Phorm #
Posted Wednesday 1st October 2008 19:16 GMT
They went that way, you can catch them if you hurry -->
amanfromMars
Why Beta Programmers are Worth IT #
Posted Wednesday 1st October 2008 19:16 GMT
"So less than 45 staff will be IT experts." ...... By RotaCyclic Posted Wednesday 1st October 2008 14:33 GMT
It only Requires One Experienced Expert though ... to Provide Lead with Leads to Follow Feeding Crooked Needs. ...... in Order to Control towards an Accepted Norm.
Will Godfrey
@iPlod #
Posted Wednesday 1st October 2008 20:49 GMT

Neil - you own me an new monitor and keyboard !!!
Chris Monteiro
iPlod? #
Posted Thursday 2nd October 2008 12:50 GMT

Surely this is the must anticipated arrival of the eee pc...
Matthew
This prosecution proudly brought to you by the RIAA #
Posted Thursday 2nd October 2008 12:50 GMT

"funded by industry"?? How's that not going to cause interference?
Anonymous Coward
But lets remember #
Posted Thursday 2nd October 2008 12:50 GMT

They may be the same experts who headed Operation Ore
be afraid if you're an innocent card fraud victim!!