"The Metropolitan police's controversial live facial recognition (LFR) cameras had chalked up another arrest: the fifth in 45 minutes on a regular Thursday morning."
"Critics have called the technology invasive, unregulated and anti-democratic, cited studies suggesting racial bias and called for it to be scrapped."
"Every face passing the cameras as many as 5,000 an hour was being scanned and its biometric data streamed live to a police operations room five miles away."
"The Met police commissioner, Mark Rowley, has said it is gamechanging and keeps the public safe."
In Croydon, a wanted criminal was arrested using live facial recognition (LFR) technology, part of a six-month pilot by the Metropolitan police. The operation involved high-definition cameras and AI face scanning, resulting in five arrests in 45 minutes. Critics argue that LFR is invasive and unregulated, citing potential racial bias. Despite this, the Met police commissioner claims the technology enhances public safety. The system scans thousands of faces per hour, matching them against a database of wanted suspects and individuals under court orders.
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