Protest and Public Order Policing
Facial recognition, drones and crowd analytics are increasingly used at large public gatherings and demonstrations, both for public order and safety planning and for identifying individuals afterward. Because this application engages rights of assembly and expression as well as public safety, it sits at a distinct intersection of policing and civil liberties law. Coverage here follows deployments at specific events and the legal challenges that follow.
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