Hi °C | Lo °C New police powers dubbed a “snooper’s charter” would be a matter of “life and death”, according to the head of Scotland Yard.
The chief of the Metropolitan police, Bernard Hogan-Howe said powers to seize details of phone calls, texts, emails and social networking sites were essential to wage “a total war on crime”, The Times has reported.
The highest-ranking officer said that unless Parliament passes the controversial law equipping his officers with the power to collect such data, their fight against crime will be lost.
Mr Hogan-Howe’s description of the powers of the draft Communications Data Bill as being of “life and death” importance is thought to refer to Scotland Yard’s success in solving dozens of kidnap cases in London every year.
