Police are using car-surveillance technology aimed at catching criminals and terrorists to target the public so that they can meet government performance targets and raise revenue.
Police insiders also claim that intelligence stored on the national Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) database is "at least 30 per cent inaccurate", which has led to the wrongful arrest of innocent motorists and the seizure of their cars.
The revelations highlight growing concerns about target based operations among enforcement agencies and local authorities seeking to bolster conviction rates and income with "soft" arrests and fines on otherwise law-abiding members of the public.
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