The rollout has drawn sharp criticism from civil liberties and anti-racism groups
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The rollout has drawn sharp criticism from civil liberties and anti-racism groups
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Seven additional police forces across the UK are set to deploy new fleets of facial recognition vans, marking a significant expansion of the controversial surveillance technology.
Home Office to launch consultation on what safeguards are needed for police using the technology
Critics called on the government to limit roll-out of facial recognition, but others have urged ministers to accelerate the…
The Home Office says the technology helps locate suspects but civil liberties groups warn of heightened surveillance.
The technology will be deployed to catch 'high-harm' offenders with new rules to support its use and ensure 'safeguards and…
Officials say using AI will free up six million hours of police time - the equivalent of 3,000 officers - each year
The Met said that it had made 1,000 arrests using live facial recognition, of which 773 had led to charge or caution
