US EditionMet Police to Double Use of Live Facial Recognition
GREATER LONDON, ENGLAND, JUL 31 – The Metropolitan Police will increase live facial recognition use to 10 deployments weekly to address rising protest-related and street crimes amid staff cuts, with 1,000 arrests made so far.
- The Metropolitan Police will double the deployment of live facial recognition cameras to 10 times a week across five days, increasing total usage significantly.
- Campaigners are concerned about the move towards what they call 'a dystopian nightmare' of total surveillance in London.
- Sir Mark Rowley, the police chief, insisted that the technology is responsibly used.
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Britain’s biggest police force to double use of live facial recognition
The Metropolitan Police is also planning to expand its public order crime team amid a rise in protest-related offences in the past two years.
·Bradford, United Kingdom
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