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London police plans to use facial recognition technology

By Xinghui Guo | 3 October 2011

The Metropolitan Police, the territorial police force responsible for Greater London, is eyeing the use of advanced technology like facial recognition software to “stop criminals and help victims of crime”.

Bernard Hogan-Howe, the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, on his second day in the role, said he hopes to make the most of advances in vehicle number plate recognition and DNA detection to reduce crime rates and rebuild relationships with the public.

“I think we can use proved technology to either stop crime happening, arrest the people who do it or help victims,” said Hogan-Howe to the Financial Times.

“There’s great technology out there that we’ve started to see on Facebook, on many other internet devices, facial recognition is growing rapidly. What we need to do is apply that technology to CCTV of criminals.”

Previously as Chief Constable at Merseyside Police, the police force of a country in North West England with a population of 1.4 million, Hogan-Howe used advanced technology like helicopters fitted with cameras to deal with public disorder.

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