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South Wales Police get 140 matches a month using facial recognition
July 14, 2023, 9:26 p.m. | William McCurdy
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The UK’s South Wales Police (SWP) is reportedly getting 140 matches a month using retrospective (or “forensic”) facial recognition technology, according to an interview reported by Police Oracle.
The chief constable at the SWP, Jeremy Vaughan, told the Welsh Affairs Committee that the technology is only being used for serious offenses such as rape.
He explained that by using facial technology retrospectively, they have caught sex offenders on buses, trains, and outside of school playgrounds.
Vaughan explained how these images, …
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