6+ hour, 38+ min ago   (337+ words) Northern Ireland may soon follow England and Wales in allowing police to use facial recognition to generate investigative leads based on biometric matches. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has established an internal Facial Recognition Governance Board to learn…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (227+ words) Live facial recognition (LFR) and other transformative technologies are at the heart of a new white paper on policing reform in the UK. In all, the proposed reforms are good news for the police and better news for the citizen....

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (712+ words) The UK government is defending police use of facial recognition technology " both in court and on the public stage. On Tuesday, the High Court in London heard a case against the city's Metropolitan police's use of live facial recognition (LFR)…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (671+ words) The Home Office has pledged to fund 40 new LFR vans as part of a national program to expand facial recognition capabilities in town centres across England and Wales, according to a white paper published on Monday. The country also plans…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (488+ words) Automated security cameras and facial recognition are growing presences in UK shops as a theft prevention measure, with Tesco announcing a trial of New Zealand-based Auror's platform Tesco will use Auror's crime reporting platform across 40 stores to collect CCTV footage…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1070+ words) Police forces across the UK are showcasing improved arrest statistics resulting from the use of live facial recognition (LFR) systems. The London Metropolitan Police says that the technology is also contributing to the city's record-low murder rates. London had 97 murders…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (387+ words) The UK police is considering implementing more AI tools, including video search, AI assistants and predictive policing. "UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced a white paper on the expanded use of AI and technology by police, which is due…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (431+ words) A new platform for forensic applications of face biometrics in law enforcement has been released by Corsight to bring together live detection capabilities with retrospective analysis and field operations in a single toolset. The new Platform 1.0.0 from Corsight is scalable…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (711+ words) The Scottish Biometrics Commissioner is proposing its own blueprint and legal framework for the use of biometric data in law enforcement across England and Wales. The biometric technology watchdog has backed the creation of statutory codes of practice that would…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (465+ words) The UK Joint Committee on Human Rights has posed a series of questions to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood about police use of facial recognition. In particular, the Committee wants details about Home Office's intentions for including children on biometric watchlists,…...