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Technologies
- Technology Live Facial Recognition Real-time scanning of every passing face against a police watchlist, operating at scale in the UK on force policy rather than statute, upheld by the High Court in April 2026 and now expanding to 50 vans.
- Technology Operator-Initiated Facial Recognition (handheld) Operator-initiated facial recognition: an officer photographs a person in front of them on a handheld device and checks the image against a police database, the fastest-spreading UK facial recognition mode and the least debated.
- Technology Individual Risk Scoring and Targeting Systems that score named individuals by predicted risk of offending or victimisation, directing police attention to people rather than places — the most consequential and least evaluated category in this catalogue.
- Technology Mobile Device Extraction Tools that download the full contents of a seized phone — including deleted data and, increasingly, linked cloud accounts — used by most UK forces on devices belonging to suspects, witnesses and victims alike.
- Technology NEC NeoFace NEC's facial recognition algorithm, used by South Wales Police and the Metropolitan Police across live, retrospective and handheld deployments, and the most independently evaluated system in this catalogue.
Deployments
- Deployment Metropolitan Police (and other forces) — Operator-Initiated Facial Recognition (handheld) Home Office-supported deployment
- Deployment Metropolitan Police — Live Facial Recognition NEC (NeoFace)
- Deployment Metropolitan Police and 25+ other UK forces — Mobile device extraction (Cellebrite) Cellebrite
- Deployment Ministry of Justice, Home Office, Greater Manchester Police, Metropolitan Police — Individual Risk Scoring Developed in-house (Ministry of Justice data science team)
- Deployment Metropolitan Police Department (Washington, D.C.) — Retrospective Facial Recognition Clearview AI
- Deployment British Transport Police — Live Facial Recognition NEC (NeoFace M40)
- Deployment Gwent Police — Facial recognition technology (variant not specified in source) Not specified in source
- Deployment Leicestershire Police — Facial recognition technology (variant not specified in source) Not specified in source
Coverage
- Story Met's Special Constabulary head fired after AI tool found deleted intimate images on work phone The Metropolitan Police has dismissed the head of its Special Constabulary after artificial intelligence monitoring found he used his work phone to copy intimate images. Investigat
- Story Facial recognition trial by police in Australia delivered strong results. But was it an ethical success? The results of Australia's first live facial recognition trial have been released. The Western Australian Police Force tested the technology across both metropolitan and regional a
- Story In pictures: Millwall and West Ham fans watch derby amid tight police presence The Metropolitan Police deployed around 400 officers to manage crowds at the first league match between Millwall and West Ham United in 14 years. Mounted officers, police vans, spe
- Story Met Police Pushes Ahead With Facial Recognition Rollout Despite Calls for Regulation First The Metropolitan Police plans to roll out live facial recognition cameras across London's West End by 2026. The force is moving ahead with the rollout despite pending legislation.
- Story The Weekly Round-up: Circumventing For Women Scotland? And unlawful imprisonment in the High Court The Metropolitan Police are planning to use live facial recognition technology on Oxford Street in London. The Guardian reported the plans on Wednesday, identifying the location as