Face blur, bah!
Why blur the face when it was published on Facebook, as well as various media outlets. eg: http://www.stuff.co.nz/4816461a11.html
NZ cops claim 'first Facebook arrest' of bungling safe-cracker
A failed safe-cracker has been cuffed after New Zealand police posted CCTV images of an attempted burglary on Facebook. CCTV cameras captured the hour-plus attempts of a man who attempted to prise open a safe at the Frankton Arms Tavern in the early hours of Monday morning. The man broke in through the ceiling of the bar before …
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Those fateful words...
Queenstown Police has tagged you in a photo...
to Charles Manning
This is how the NZ Police image now appears in Facebook. It was un-blurred when they were looking to identify him, now that they have, he's an 'alleged' burgler and so they have to protect his identity.
Makes us feel better about the UK (or possibly less worse)
It's nice to know that it's not only our yoofs that are thick as shit.
On a complete tangent, shouldn't the Title inputbox be allowed to fill it's container, and not be constrained to 258px?
Wot? no #8 wire?
Good to see good old Kiwi have a go is alive and well. Got a safe to crack and only an angle grinder and a crowbar? No worries, you'll find a way. Now if only he had thought to bring along the #8 wire . . .
With a face...
that blocky, no wonder someone recognised him.
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I can't believe that NZ's finest needed Facebook for this. How hard can it be to find the only bloke in town with a face like an overcompressed JPEG?
Facebook brutality
If facebook is the polis now then it had better start applying for overtime straight away.
@ Charles Manning
... & El Reg has to keep it's legal integrity because until the trial, he is still only 'accused.'
The funny thing was...
He was doing this in a small room which is described as "rather warm at the best of times" and he took his balaclava off because he was sweating.
They showed the footage of him on the TV news when he spotted the camera in the roof. It was priceless watching his face falling faster than Paris Hilton's knickers at the first sign of a video camera.
And they identified him in one day.
What's more
The alleged perp didn't see several hundred $$ in coins on the shelf behind him.
FAIL.
TV News
I'm sure that the TV news services showing the CCTV footage (not just a still) and taking the piss out of the guy probably had something to do with it; he had the balaclava down at first, but pulled it up when he, supposedly, started getting a bit toasty.
Paris, because she also likes peeling off in front of a camera.
hear hear
"On a complete tangent, shouldn't the Title inputbox be allowed to fill it's container, and not be constrained to 258px?"
"he is still only 'accused.'"
Fair enough. What irritates me is news reports that say that somebody is "alleged" to have done something, even *after* that person has been found guilty and sentenced for the crime.
But then again, why don't we go the whole hog and insist that because accused people (generally, not specific to this case) are *supposedly* innocent until proved guilty, they shouldn't have their NAMES disclosed publicly unless and until they are found guilty.
New Poke options?
So do I expect to find 'Arrest' next to 'Throw a chicken at' then?
NZ has previous form on this type of name-and-shame
They saw someone stealing transformers from a billboard so took a photo and published it on their own billboard. Classic, great use of the old K.I.*
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4771229a11.html
*(Kiwi Ingenuity)
@ John - I guess it's to avoid people writing their entire post in the title
See title.
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