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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Margaret Davies and Lily Shanagher

Met Police set to increase use of facial recognition technology amid force restructure

Britain’s biggest police force is set to more than double its use of live facial recognition.

The move by the Metropolitan Police comes as it restructures to cover the loss of 1,400 officers and 300 staff amid budget shortages and will see up to 10 deployments of the technology a week.

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