False positives draw criticism of Wales police facial recognition use as Scotland considers iris biometrics
South Wales police have admitted that of the 2,470 people identified as possible matches with criminals on file out of…
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Axon creates AI-focused ethics board
Axon, manufacturer of the Taser police weapon, recently announced the creation of a AI Ethics Board to guide the development…
Police in New Zealand, Malaysia to upgrade facial recognition technology
New Zealand Police hope to upgrade to “advanced facial recognition technology” in the near future, according to a report published…
London Policing Ethics Panel to review use of facial recognition
The use of facial recognition by police in the UK is facing a review from the London Policing Ethics Panel,…
Florida appeals court to rule on legality of facial recognition procedure in drug case
Florida’s First District Court of Appeals will soon issue the first ruling ever in the U.S. on the legality of…
New process developed for obtaining fingerprints from fired ammunition casings
West Technology Forensics has developed a new process for obtaining fingerprints from fired bullet and shotgun casings, which the company…
Court blocks Israeli police request to access biometric database
Israeli police have been blocked by a District Court ruling from a national biometric database, which they had planned to…
Chinese police testing panoramic body cameras with facial recognition
Between three and four thousand police officers in China are piloting panoramic body cameras with built-in facial recognition technology, the…
UK Commons committee prepares for inquiry into Home Office’ biometrics guidance
A UK House of Commons committee is preparing to launch an inquiry into the storage of 20 million mugshots by…
UK government delays publication of biometrics strategy
UK government ministers have once again delayed the publication of a strategy for police use of facial recognition technology which…
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