UK Passport Images Database Could Be Used To Catch Shoplifters

Passports could be used to catch shoplifters in CCTV footage

Including passport pictures in the database poses a clear threat to privacy. But even aside from these concerns, the measures fail to address the root causes of the rise in shop theft and risk increasing the workload for officers.

UK’s passport database of 45 million people could be used to help catch criminals

Policing minister Chris Philp said he wants to created a shared database which will allow police to compare facial images from passports with CCTV, dashcam and doorbell footage

Passport photograph database 'to be used by police to arrest shoplifters'

Chris Philp, the crime and policing minister wants to make the images available so criminals can be identified 'with one click'

Passport photograph database 'to be used by police to arrest shoplifters'

Chris Philp, the crime and policing minister wants to make the images available so criminals can be identified 'with one click'

Passports ‘will be used to catch shoplifters’ – with criminals caught on CCTV to be compared with database of 45m people

PASSPORTS will be used to snare shoplifters caught on CCTV – by comparing their mugs to 45 million others on the database. Faces of burglars, car and bike thieves from Ring doorbells and dashcams will also be set against other government systems. AlamyThe move will be made possible by a full integration of police, passport and national databases – which are currently all separate[/caption] GettyPassports will be used to snare shoplifters caught …

Police to use 'game-changing' facial recognition tech to check thieves against passport databases

Thieves caught on CCTV will be cross-referenced against official databases as part of a new crackdown on crime, the policing minister has said.