London's Metropolitan Police faces criticism for its use of live facial recognition (LFR), deemed ineffective for catching criminals. Critics, including Big Brother Watch, argue LFR arrests are minimal relative to total arrests, accounting for only 0.15 percent from 2020 to now. The limited number of arrests from LFR raises concerns over the return on investment in this technology, especially when policing resources are already strained. Calls for a reassessment emphasize the financial and civil liberty costs associated with expanding LFR amid pressing crime investigation needs in London.
Arrests made with the technology represent just 0.15 percent of all arrests made in the capital during that time, despite significant police resources being plowed into its expansion.
Policing resources are threadbare in London, and with many serious crimes not even being investigated, spending millions of pounds on rights-abusing technology is an insult to Londoners.
The expansion of facial recognition technology comes at a serious cost to the taxpayer, to our civil liberties, and to stretched policing resources.
Since then, LFR arrests account for 0.57 percent of the total 180,947. So, not a great deal better but considerably more compared to the way BBW framed it.
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