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    "id": "ecd70ff0-3ed3-4673-9427-bcb18664e49a",
    "code": "PAI-ECD70FF0",
    "force": "Lancashire Constabulary",
    "country": "United Kingdom",
    "country_code": "uk",
    "is_country": true,
    "region": "Lancashire",
    "technology": "Live Facial Recognition",
    "technology_slug": "live-facial-recognition",
    "vendor": "",
    "vendor_slug": "",
    "programme": "",
    "status": "operational",
    "stage": "in-use",
    "evidence": "official",
    "evidence_is_claim": false,
    "since": "September 2026",
    "legal_basis": "",
    "oversight": "",
    "notes": "The force announced on 1 September 2026 that it would launch live facial recognition, with the first deployment in Blackpool on 4 September ahead of and during the Illuminations switch-on. It describes deployments as targeted and intelligence-led with independent oversight and regular review; the supplier is not stated.",
    "source": "Lancashire Police, 1 September 2026",
    "source_url": "https://news.lancashire.police.uk/news/2026/sept-26/live-facial-recognition-technology-to-launch-in-county/",
    "last_checked": "2026-10-31",
    "record_url": "https://www.policeainews.com/tracker/record/ecd70ff0-3ed3-4673-9427-bcb18664e49a"
  },
  "licence": "https://www.policeainews.com/data#licence"
}