UK: Police facial recognition cameras catch huge number of sex offenders in just few weeks

Source: mirror.co.uk 1/28/26 Facial recognition cameras have resulted in multiple sex offenders being arrested in just a few weeks, police have said. Greater Manchester Police said it has used Live Facial Recognition (LFR) cameras 23 times since October – and in that time, one in five of all arrests made have involved registered sex offenders. The cameras, which are positioned on top of special police vans, scan faces for unique biometric data (‘faceprints’) and instantly compare them to a watchlist of wanted offenders, alerting officers if a match is found.…

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