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Evening Standard
Politics
Nicholas Cecil

Police want access to driving licence database to catch more Far-Right Southport rioters by facial recognition

Police chiefs are urging ministers to give them access to the driving licence database so they can catch more of the Southport Far-Right rioters using facial recognition.

The National Police Chiefs’ Council told the Commons home affairs committee that 127 suspects involved in the summer riots had been identified using retrospective facial recognition.

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