by As part of an overhaul of the neighborhood police, a live recognition of face is expanded across the country.
The technology is used to catch “high perpetrators”, creating new rules to support the use and to ensure “protective measures and supervision”, according to the Home Office.
Around 10 vans equipped with cameras will be rolled out over seven police forces – Greater Manchester, West Yorkershire, Bedfordshire, Surrey, Sussex, Thames Valley and Hampshire – in the coming weeks.
Existing rules require that checks are only reserved against police growers by the desired criminals, suspects and those that are subject to the conditions for deposit or court descriptions such as sex offenders.
However, a state consultation starts in autumn to form “a new legal framework” in its use and to see when and how the technology should be used.
Privacy activists have previously expressed concerns about potential lack of regulation and transparency about the expansion of the technology.
The vans are occupied by trained officers and it will be for individual forces to decide how and when they are used in their areas that work within the college of policing guidelines.
Interior Minister Yvette Cooper said that they would concentrate on identifying sex offenders, or “people for the most severe crimes that the police could not find”.
“The algorithm used in the vans was tested independently and is only operated under certain circumstances and with more robust,” said the home office.
The chief superintendent Tim Morgan from the South Wales police, who coordinates the Rollout in addition to the Council of National Police Chiefs, tried to assure the public that the technology would be used “ethically”.
“We understand the concerns that are triggered by the use of live face -to -face technology, and we use all new technologies ethically and spend time and effort to ensure that it is used in accordance with all laws and instructions,” he said.
“It is important to remember that the use of this use in South Wales has never led to an illegal arrest and there have been no wrong notifications for several years because the technology and our understanding have developed.”
Lindsey Chiswick, NPCC manager for facial recognition, said that Live facial recognition has already been used “for great success, thousands of thousands of criminals or other violation of their deposit conditions”.
“I am confident that the increased use of this technology will continue to support the security of communities across the country to come to the future,” she said.
They have used forces that already use live face recognition to violate rape, domestic abuse, razor crime and predator and sex offender against their conditions.
