{
  "record": {
    "id": "2a3a4640-51ba-4b73-a6c4-fcb7f0304d83",
    "code": "PAI-2A3A4640",
    "force": "Royal Canadian Mounted Police",
    "country": "Canada",
    "country_code": "ca",
    "is_country": true,
    "region": "National",
    "technology": "Facial Recognition Technology (vendor evaluation)",
    "technology_slug": "live-facial-recognition",
    "vendor": "Multiple vendors under evaluation, not yet named publicly",
    "vendor_slug": "",
    "programme": "",
    "status": "proposed",
    "stage": "horizon",
    "evidence": "official",
    "evidence_is_claim": false,
    "since": "2026",
    "legal_basis": "Privacy Act and RCMP internal security protocols govern the test data itself; no legislative authorisation yet exists for the capability this is evaluating.",
    "oversight": "Internal RCMP process as described in its own departmental plan; no external oversight body specified",
    "notes": "The RCMP's 2026-27 Departmental Plan states it will collaborate with multiple vendors to review booking photographs collected from Canadian law enforcement agencies, testing algorithms for quality, performance, accuracy and demographic bias in a Canadian context, towards a potential future national facial recognition capability. This is evaluation of algorithms against historical data, not a deployment against the public, which is why it is recorded here as proposed rather than trial. Verified directly against the RCMP's own published departmental plan.",
    "source": "Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 2026-27 Departmental Plan",
    "source_url": "https://rcmp.ca/en/corporate-information/publications-and-manuals/departmental-plans/2026-2027",
    "last_checked": "2026-08-18",
    "record_url": "https://www.policeainews.com/tracker/record/2a3a4640-51ba-4b73-a6c4-fcb7f0304d83"
  },
  "licence": "https://www.policeainews.com/data#licence"
}