Facial recognition: the fingerprinting, DNA and tagging of the future?

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Facial recognition: the fingerprinting, DNA and tagging of the future?

Force making the most of it predicts it could fight terrorism and more, but critics think it could undermine public trust in policing.

Force ID manager Andy Ramsay looking at examples of the technology on his laptop

Date - 18th March 2016
By - Ian Weinfass - Police Oracle

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"What is the most used bit of CCTV news? It's some guys with backpacks on heading for a train at Luton. Imagine if their faces had been on a system that said ‘If these guys move, you need to know.’" Few people know as much...

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