Facial Recognition in Policing
Facial recognition is the most contested policing technology in use today. Live deployments scan faces in a crowd against a watchlist in real time, while retrospective systems match still images against custody databases. Coverage here tracks force deployments, accuracy and demographic disparity findings, legal challenges, and the regulatory position in the UK and abroad.
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A six-month trial of live facial recognition technology across London railway stations resulted in no arrests and cost more than £320,000. Freedom of information figures obtained…
British Transport Police scanned more than 500,000 faces during a six-month trial of live facial recognition at London railway stations. The programme cost the force £320,786.…
A six-month trial of live facial recognition across London railway stations led to no direct arrests, figures obtained by Liberty Investigates show. The pilot ran between February…
A six-month live facial recognition trial by British Transport Police failed to find a single target after scanning more than 500,000 commuters' faces. Freedom of Information…
A police trial of live facial recognition technology in London has ended without finding any suspects or leading to any arrests. Officers scanned more than 500,000 faces during…
VIDIZMO has proposed combining Flock data with facial recognition technology. The company says the system would allow police to search by face, vehicle or object. However, Flock…
Scotland's biometrics commissioner has renewed his call for new laws to govern the use of live facial recognition technology in policing. Dr Brian Plastow warned that UK bodies…
A six-month trial of live facial recognition technology in London railway stations resulted in no arrests and one false match. The British Transport Police operation scanned more…
Cindy Cohn has ended a 26-year run with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, including 11 years in an unspecified role. Her departure comes as public concern grows over mass…
Third-party surveillance companies are offering to add facial recognition technology to footage gathered by Flock cameras for police forces. Flock chief executive Garrett Langley…
Surveillance company VIDIZMO has pitched facial recognition tools to police forces to analyse footage captured by Flock Safety cameras. Flock chief executive Garrett Langley has…
A six-month trial of live facial recognition technology in London railway stations resulted in no arrests and a single incorrect alert. The trial cost more than £320,000 and used…
A six-month trial of live facial recognition technology in London railway stations resulted in no arrests, according to a freedom of information request. The project cost more…
Democratic lawmakers have reintroduced legislation to strictly limit the federal government's use of facial recognition and other biometric tools. Senator Edward Markey is leading…
Moldova's Ministry of Internal Affairs wants to set up a national facial image registry. Law enforcement would use facial biometrics from the system to identify suspects and…
Two leading civil liberties groups have joined legal action against police in Reno, Nevada over their use of live facial recognition. The legal challenge involves a system run by…
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…
Artificial intelligence video analytics and facial recognition systems will form a major part of a security plan. Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar announced the use of the…
Police will use artificial intelligence video analytics and facial recognition systems as a major part of a security plan. Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar confirmed the measures…
Police in Western Australia say an ongoing trial of overt live facial recognition technology has produced "significant results". The force reported a "tangible increase in…
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,…
Authorities in Nepal have adopted an artificial intelligence facial recognition system to help identify people found dead after devastating floods hit parts of the country last…
Police are currently using live facial recognition technology in Bradford city centre. An onlooker told the T&A that he saw a handcuffed man sitting inside a police van during the…
Milwaukee County is still prosecuting cases that used facial recognition technology during police investigations, despite the local police department banning its use in February.…