UK MPs examine Met police use of facial recognition
The facial recognition system used by the UK’s largest police force is “very accurate” but when live facial recognition is…
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Policing Minister pushes for facial recognition in all UK police forces despite criticism
The UK’s policing minister, Chris Philp, is pushing for facial recognition in all police forces nationally, despite critics claiming the…
Critics pan planned police use of facial recognition during King Charles’ coronation
An announcement by the UK Metropolitan Police Service (Met) that live (or ‘real-time’) facial recognition technology will be deployed in…
UK police claim study support to resume live facial recognition deployments
London Metropolitan Police officials and their counterparts in South Wales say a study they commissioned and participated in has given…
Campaign groups demand new London police boss end facial recognition use on first day in job
Fourteen campaign groups including Big Brother Watch, Liberty and Black Lives Matter wrote an open letter to new London Metropolitan…
UK officialdom have warm places in their hearts for live facial recognition
Live facial recognition, the most contentious government implementation of AI surveillance, is looking attractive to law enforcement leaders in the…
London police paying public to test live facial recognition during live operation
London Metropolitan Police have been paying members of the public £50 (US$59) to take part in live facial recognition testing…
British police deploy live facial recognition, license plate recognition to make 11 arrests
British police operating in London and the northwest of England recently used live facial recognition (LFR), operator initiated facial recognition…
90-minute DNA testing gets a look by London’s Met
Rapid DNA biometric profiling — in under two hours — has jumped the North Atlantic from the United States. London’s…
Live facial recognition resumes for London Met as law enforcement seeks wider use
The appeal of biometrics and facial recognition in particular to law enforcement around the world is getting ever clearer. A…
