Libertarian concern about bill
An increase in police power in the area of electronic surveillance Was a concern, said the. chairman of the Canterbury Council for Civil Liberties, Professor Bill Willmott He was responding to reports that the Violent Offenders Bill to be Introduced in Parliament this week included provision for police to use electronic means “on the perpetrators of organised crime.” “This is so dangerous to the civil liberties of innocent citizens,” Professor Willmott said. The council recognised that some balance was needed between the right of innocent citizens to be protected from dangerous criminals and the right of all citizens to civil liberties, he said. “However, I believe the balance is too far in the direction of police power already,” he said.
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Press, 27 April 1987, Page 8
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