Civil Liberties

EU Reportedly Working in Secret on Technology to Allow Police to Stop Cars Remotely

In case you thought they were less police state-y than the US

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The European Union is secretly developing a "remote stopping" device to be fitted to all cars that would allow the police to disable vehicles at the flick of a switch from a control room.

Confidential documents from a committee of senior EU police officers, who hold their meetings in secret, have set out a plan entitled "remote stopping vehicles" as part of wider law enforcement surveillance and tracking measures.