Disturbing images are conjured by Scotland's latest anti knife crime measure. Fancy a Kevlar grope?

Scottish police are running a trial of battery-powered Kevlar metal-detecting gloves in Strathclyde and Central Scotland. The gloves, the Scotsman tells us, allow officers to scan an individual with the fingertips or the palms of the hands. So in order to search a suspect the officer dons gloves, runs fingers over the suspect's body ("Hey, what's your game, pal?") and, if metal is detected, the glove "starts to vibrate at the wrist."

In largely unrelated news, the Sunday Times tells of a helmet-mounted video camera which, as far as we can figure out, virtually guarantees conviction for villains committing villainy directly in front of a police helmet. It also (and this we feel may impact on its popularity with the force) provides an opportunity for the powers that be to measure even more of the beat copper's daily activities - i.e., all of them. £1,700, well... spent? ®

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