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Derek 19-02-2015 19:34
Police and technology- Never a good mix
 
Apparently pressing a wrong key can wipe out several weeks worth of data...

Quote:
Police Scotland has admitted it lost 20,000 stop and search records because "someone pressed the wrong button".
Assistant Chief Constable Wayne Mawson told MSPs on the Scottish Parliament's justice sub committee that a total of 20,086 stop and search records had been lost because a "computer programmer pressed the wrong button between May and July last year".

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-31525040

Hmmmmm.

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Maggy 19-02-2015 19:36
Re: Police and technology- Never a good mix
 
I just laughed when I heard this.You could see it as a plot line in a police series but in RL? Bonkers.

admars 19-02-2015 20:22
Re: Police and technology- Never a good mix
 
I'm guessing some-one f-ed up, didn't own up/admit to their mistake right away, so recent backups weren't restored, when they found out the tapes which would have held the data had been overwritten as part of the backup cycle :(

Derek 19-02-2015 21:05
Re: Police and technology- Never a good mix
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by admars (Post 35760408)
I'm guessing some-one f-ed up, didn't own up/admit to their mistake right away, so recent backups weren't restored, when they found out the tapes which would have held the data had been overwritten as part of the backup cycle :(
If I had to guess I'd say the story is utter bull excreta. Luckily I don't have to guess so I won't. :erm:

rhyds 19-02-2015 22:39
Re: Police and technology- Never a good mix
 
I don't think there was much of an accident about it...

alanbjames 20-02-2015 03:48
Re: Police and technology- Never a good mix
 
Have u ever seen a copper try and use a PC? lol

I once was asked to show a friends brother in law who is a Police Sergent how to use a computer and all in all i spent months with him and still he only managed to grasp the basics.

Escapee 20-02-2015 11:34
Re: Police and technology- Never a good mix
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by rhyds (Post 35760431)
I don't think there was much of an accident about it...
Agreed, when I saw it yesterday I thought it most likely they deleted the data to avoid having to report it.


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