Almost all of London’s police officers will be kitted out with body mounted body cameras by March next year. Following a trial run, Boris has ordered in 20,000 of the GoPro-esque devices which will become compulsory accessories for bobbies on the front line.

The idea is that police will be forced to become more accountable for their actions. They also provide the police with a 20,000 cameras increase in surveillance footage.

Let’s hope there are no incidents of the camera’s being “accidentally turned off” at the moment the suspect tripped…