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Coming soon: police body cams with facial recognition

Dany Tirza, 63, a former Israeli army colonel, stands next to a dummy as he speaks to AFP at his office in the Jewish settlement of Kfar Adumim, in the occupied West Bank on December 14, 2021. Tirza says his company Yozmot Ltd aims to produce a wearable camera that police can use to scan crowds and detect suspects in real time, even if their faces are obscured. (AFP photo)

Twenty years after he planned the controversial barrier between Israel and Palestinians, Dany Tirza is developing a security tool that requires no cement: body cameras with facial recognition technology.

Tirza, a former Israeli army colonel, says his company Yozmot Ltd aims to produce a body-worn camera enabling police to scan crowds and detect suspects in real time, even if their faces are obscured.

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