Facial recognition gains for shoplifting investigations jeopardized by policy gaps

Facial recognition is being used to identify shoplifters in London and in Evansville, Indiana, but also generating controversy.

Metropolitan Police have matched 149 suspects from 302 still images captured by CCTV cameras after writing to a dozen major retailers in London to collect images of each’s 30 top shoplifting offenders, the BBC reports.

Met Commissioner Mark Rowley, who has been among the leaders of the push for facial recognition to combat shoplifting, called the results “game-changing,” and says they show …

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