Transport police chief suggests officers could have Oyster card data to track suspicious rail passengers

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Police should have the ability to track suspicious rail passengers through analysing bank and oyster card journey data, a chief constable has said.

Chief Constable Lucy D’Orsi, head of the British Transport Police, said she wanted to be able to use bank and oyster card information to spot “anomalous behaviour” such as people spending hours on the network to tackle crime.