Striking the Right Balance between Privacy and Public Protect ion

[Ross Anderson]

> In practice the fire service, the ambulance service or the Coastguard
> investigate the unwarranted calls on their services.  That is focused
> activity, on specific communications (hoax calls) for specific purposes
> (criminal investigation and prosecution of the offence of making a hoax
> call).  Should the police have to investigate these offences simply because
> communications data is involved?

Yes. I can't imagine that paramedics have the right training to
conduct criminal investigations, and it would be a waste of time and
money to give them the training. They should spend their school time
learning about the latest resuscitation techniques, not about the
various flavours of caller line ID

Ross