The Metropolitan Police's use of live facial recognition technology has resulted in over 1,000 arrests since January 2024. This includes arrests of serious offenders such as paedophiles and violent robbers. The director of intelligence for the Met emphasized the necessity of adapting to new technologies to ensure public safety. However, privacy advocates express concerns about the increasing reliance on this technology and its implications for civil liberties, especially with plans for a pilot scheme to implement permanent facial recognition cameras in Croydon.
"Since the start of 2024, a total of 1,035 arrests have been made using live facial recognition, including 93 registered sex offenders. Of those, 773 have been charged or cautioned."
"Without LFR that day, officers probably wouldn't have seen him with that child, or thought anything was amiss."
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