Policing minister Chris Philp has encouraged police to increase their use of retrospective facial recognition software to track down offenders. The aim is to exceed 200,000 searches of still images against the Police National Database by May using facial recognition technology. This move is seen as a way to stay ahead of criminals and make the streets safer. However, some parliamentarians have expressed concern over the use of live facial recognition surveillance by police and private companies.
Police are being encouraged to double their use of retrospective facial recognition software to track down offenders over the next six months.
The Conservative minister’s urging for greater use of the technology is likely to be met with concern by some parliamentarians. The live form of the technology captures footage of crowds and compares it with a watch list of wanted suspects, alerting officers when there is a potential match. The department says AI surveillance methods such as facial recognition can help police accurately identify those wanted for serious crimes, as well assist in finding missing people.
If the system does not make a match against a watch list, a person’s data is deleted immediately and automatically.It pointed out that live facial recognition technology has already been used successfully, including at last month’s Arsenal v Tottenham north London derby at the Emirates Stadium when police caught three wanted suspects, including one for sexual offences.
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