Poor quality photos ‘could lead to crimes not being solved’

Poor quality photos taken by Police Scotland ‘could lead to crimes not being solved’

Poor quality photographs taken by Police Scotland of people they arrest could lead to crimes not being solved in the future, a report has warned.

Poor quality photos ‘could lead to crimes not being solved’

Poor quality photographs taken by Police Scotland of people they arrest could lead to crimes not being solved in the future, a report has warned.

Poor quality mugshots could allow criminals off the hook, Police Scotland warned

Many custody images taken in Scotland in recent years are of 'insufficient quality and resolution' to be uploaded to the UK-wide police national database, according to a new report from the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner

Poor quality custody images risks facial recognition technology in Scotland, according to force watchdog

Poor quality images taken of suspects in custody risks undermining the use of facial recognition technology by police in Scotland, a force watchdog has claimed. Low resolution images uploaded to police databases are not of sufficient clarity to allow for the deployment of reliable face-matching solutions, the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner found in a new assurance review. Dr Brian Plastow said a “sizeable proportion” of custody images taken be…

McArthur responds to report showing police custody photos unusable for catching criminals

Responding to the embargoed report from the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner and HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland, which warns that a software error means some custody photographs taken by Police Scotland are of such poor quality that they cannot be cross-checked against images of suspects captured from doorbells and CCTV retrospectively, potentially leading to crimes not being detected, Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson …