Facial recognition for policing – what do we expect?
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner Last summer when I stood down as the UK’s…
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Met Police increase use of facial recognition amid UK anti-immigration riots
London’s Metropolitan Police are ramping up their efforts to combat criminal disorder by utilizing retrospective facial recognition. This approach comes…
Police set facial recognition on collision course with AI Act in Germany
A German police official is seeking a public debate on whether law enforcement in the country should be able to…
UK police will use facial recognition to stop violence in the wake of Southport stabbings
Following riots in the wake of the Southport stabbing attack, the UK government has announced a tougher stance against violent…
Brazilian police modernize documentation with SecuGen fingerprint scanners
SecuGen has integrated its Hamster Pro 20 biometric scanners with Futura’s software to enable civil police in Mato Grosso, Brazil…
Met police director says live facial recognition beats accuracy expectation
The experience of UK police with live facial recognition is poorly understood, and the technology is proving more effective than…
Hammersmith and Fulham builds on largest CCTV network per person in UK
An update filed with the Social Inclusion and Community Safety PAC by the West London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham…
Arana launches police biometrics app for HID scanner
Arana Security has launched a new mobile app for mobile biometric fingerprint readers from HID used by law enforcement. The…
NZ police struggle to delete unlawfully collected images
Three years after New Zealand law enforcement agencies were ordered to delete tens of thousands of photos of children and…
San Francisco police hit with lawsuit over facial recognition use
In 2019, San Francisco became the first city in the U.S. to ban facial recognition technology, forcing the police and…
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