Millions of people face having their faces tracked and scanned under government-backed plans to roll out live facial recognition cameras to the West End.
The UK’s biggest police force today revealed its ‘ambitious’ scheme to introduce the technology to one of the capital’s busiest and most popular destinations – building on the ‘success’ of a six-month pilot in Croydon.
Commissioner Mark Rowley described the cameras as ‘revolutionary’ – saying they would target wanted criminals and registered sex offenders.
The Metropolitan Police could not provide an estimate on how many people’s faces it expects to register, but it is understood that millions were scanned
To provide well-rounded coverage and a breadth of insight across various events, we rely on contributions from several staff writers, each bringing their own area of expertise to our publication.
