The Independent - 04.03.2020

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WEDNESDAY 4 MARCH 2020

Snap shot: one arrest after facial


recognition scans 13,200


people in London


Dame Cressida Dick said the technology used by the Met was not racially biased (PA)


LIZZIE DEARDEN


More than 13,200 people have been scanned in facial recognition operations that resulted in just one arrest,
new figures have revealed.


The Metropolitan Police has conducted two deployments of what it called a “fantastic crime-fighting tool”
since it announced the rollout of the controversial technology in January.


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