Software, Software Development and other Atrocities

We went to Leeds last weekend. We had a great night out with our friends: lunch at a Portuguese, Transformers (yes, with Optimus Prime and the gang! not my cup of tea, but what can I do if I go out with big children!), Guinness Red (less bitter than the original), then dinner at La Tasca (acceptable tapas and red wine, good music and excellent environment).

When we were walking to the car park, we witnessed an incident. All of a sudden, out of the blue, about 10 police officers appeared and ran towards a small crowd of drunks (which were not us of course). They arrested a guy and tried to contain the small crowd that was gathering there. In seconds 3 or 4 police patrols and vans came with more officers!!! Seriously, it looked like a movie. We walked by and stopped to talk to other lurkers. A man who had been there since the beginning told us that the police arrested a guy who had been weeing in the street...

I've never seen such a display of force to arrest a wee-r. I feel protected now. I don't mind terrorists and floods as long as I am free from the wee-rs.

Anyhow, I was wondering what kind of system the police have to detect wee-rs so quickly. Do you think it is cctv? It may involve the use of advanced video and audio equipment as well as a powerful smeller. It must be a network that covers the whole city centre. Or perhaps it was one of the Transformers (one with a huge nose, i.e. wee-dar?). oh what a weekend!