I asked him: given what mobile bandwidth costs are down to, how long is it going to be until we see constables on the beat streaming live video to servers sealed under rules of evidence back at the shop?

His response was: "we could do it next week, if it wasn't for RIPA."

Bova and Ellison's 1970 "Brillo" is probably apropos of this. Even if they change the legislation, the main restrictions are going to be sociological.