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Are BAME people more likely to go missing, and are they less likely to get found? 

In a recent interview, Metropolitan Police Superintendent Rob Shepherd, who is in charge of missing people, said: “There is a far higher proportion of people from the Afro-Caribbean being reported missing than are represented in the population of London.” Some such reports have garnered widespread attention in the media, such as that of Richard Okorogheye. Richard,… Read More »Are BAME people more likely to go missing, and are they less likely to get found? 

London as a CCTV capital of the world: How can so many people go missing? 

London is one of the CCTV capitals of the world. The city has roughly 691,000 CCTV cameras, a rate of 73 cameras per 1,000 people, and the second highest number of cameras per square mile, with 1138. Overall, it is the city with the third highest number of cameras in the world, behind only Beijing… Read More »London as a CCTV capital of the world: How can so many people go missing?