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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Police considering use of facial recognition on Scottish football fans, chief says

File photo of a pitch invasion at Rangers' Ibrox stadium (Image: PA)

POLICE Scotland is actively considering whether to deploy facial recognition technology to tackle football-related violence, the country’s top police officer has said.

Chief Constable Jo Farrell told Justice Secretary Neil Gray that the technology had demonstrated benefits “in supporting the identification of high-risk individuals and wider public safety objectives”, according to the minutes of a meeting between Police Scotland and the Scottish Government.

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