What we talk about when we talk about biometrics and policing
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner When I was the UK’s Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner,…
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Biometric Update regularly authors news about the topic "police." The following set of links is available to help you find biometrics news about "police" and other relevant terms. Additional topics may be explored by reviewing our entire Biometrics Topics list.
London police face questions after not deploying LFR at far-right rally
London police are facing questions on why they chose not to deploy live facial recognition (LFR) during last week’s far-right…
New UK facial recognition vans equipped with NEC software
Police in England and Wales are expanding their use of live facial recognition from NEC Software Solutions UK Ltd with…
New monitoring for UK offenders adds to growing police tech arsenal
The UK has announced the introduction of new algorithmic monitoring software to keep a closer eye on known offenders, as…
London police target video analytics as part of £25M digital market strategy
London’s Metropolitan Police has published a notice of a planned procurement as it stands up a new “Dynamic Market” for…
UK human rights regulator to argue against police use of live facial recognition
The UK’s human rights regulator has received permission to intervene in an upcoming judicial review examining whether the London Metropolitan…
US law enforcement dispenses ammo to facial recognition critics
America’s embrace of surveillance technology and a regular series of arrests based on false matches are keeping the question of…
Facial recognition cost, false alerts for Wales police falling over time
Police in Wales have spent more than £3.5 million (US$4.7 million) on facial recognition over the last seven years with…
Police claims on live facial recognition bias not supported by facts: UK professor
Police in London have made 140 arrests during the Notting Hill Carnival over the weekend, with 13 individuals apprehended after…
New Orleans to vote on nation’s first real-time facial recognition policing program
Next week, the New Orleans City Council is slated to vote on a groundbreaking and highly controversial ordinance that would…
