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    "id": "603dd27f-d982-450b-9946-087f7f6bba6d",
    "code": "PAI-603DD27F",
    "force": "Suffolk Constabulary",
    "country": "United Kingdom",
    "country_code": "uk",
    "is_country": true,
    "region": "Suffolk",
    "technology": "Live Facial Recognition",
    "technology_slug": "live-facial-recognition",
    "vendor": "",
    "vendor_slug": "",
    "programme": "",
    "status": "trial",
    "stage": "in-use",
    "evidence": "official",
    "evidence_is_claim": false,
    "since": "2025",
    "legal_basis": "",
    "oversight": "",
    "notes": "Listed by the Home Office among 13 forces that had used or were using live facial recognition as of November 2025; the factsheet says Suffolk's use led to four people being located and arrested for failing to appear at court. The force announced further deployments for Lowestoft on 3 November, Bury St Edmunds on 4 November and Ipswich on 5 November 2026, using equipment borrowed from Bedfordshire Police (reported as NEC NeoFace).",
    "source": "Home Office, Police use of facial recognition: factsheet (forces listed as of November 2025)",
    "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-use-of-facial-recognition/police-use-of-facial-recognition-factsheet",
    "last_checked": "2026-10-31",
    "record_url": "https://www.policeainews.com/tracker/record/603dd27f-d982-450b-9946-087f7f6bba6d"
  },
  "licence": "https://www.policeainews.com/data#licence"
}