Conservatives call for greater use of facial recognition from police
"When they show the police an image of a suspect or the location of stolen goods they want action, not just a crime number."Labour has pledged an extra 13,000 neighbourhood police by the end of this Parliament. It'll be delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.Related topicsFacial recognitionPolicing
- ▪"When they show the police an image of a suspect or the location of stolen goods they want action, not just a crime number."Labour has pledged an extra 13,000 neighbourhood police by the end of this Parliament.
- ▪It'll be delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.Related topicsFacial recognitionPolicing
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Conservatives call for greater use of facial recognition from policeImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, A facial recognition system on a Metropolitan Police van at Oxford Circus in LondonByJennifer McKiernanPolitical reporterPublished31 minutes agoThe Conservatives have called for the greater use of facial recognition technology to investigate crimes. Shadow home secretary Chris Philp wants to make it a requirement for officers to run images of suspects through facial recognition software, where they have been captured on CCTV, mobile phones or camera doorbells.He also wants officers to follow up when geo-tagged items - including phones, laptops, tablets, bikes and cars - are pinging their location at a suspect's address, as well as tackling stolen goods being sold in plain sight.A…
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