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Professor Pete Fussey, who led the only independent academic review of police use of live facial recognition (LFR) and formerly reviewed the technology for the Metropolitan Police from 2018-19, has disputed the Met's claims that their LFR use is bias-free.

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Professor Pete Fussey, who led the only independent academic review of police use of live facial recognition (LFR) and formerly reviewed the technology for the Metropolitan Police from 2018-19, has disputed the Met's claims that their LFR use is bias-free.

The Metropolitan Police commissioned a study from the National Physical Laboratory in 2023 that tested 178,000 images with 400 volunteers walking past cameras approximately 10 times each, totaling 4,000 recognition chances across five sites.

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The Metropolitan Police commissioned a study from the National Physical Laboratory in 2023 that tested 178,000 images with 400 volunteers walking past cameras approximately 10 times each, totaling 4,000 recognition chances across five sites.

The study found bias at a face-match threshold (the numerical point where a system determines if a comparison between two faces is a match) of 0.56, and at setting 0.6 discovered seven false positive cases where people were wrongly flagged as wanted, with all seven individuals being from ethnic minorities.

The study found bias at a face-match threshold (the numerical point where a system determines if a comparison between two faces is a match) of 0.56, and at setting 0.6 discovered seven false positive cases where people were wrongly flagged as wanted, with all seven individuals being from ethnic minorities.

The Met now operates LFR at a sensitivity setting of 0.64, which the NPL study claimed produced no false matches. However, Fussey alleges the data is "insufficient to support the claims being made" and that false matches "were not actually assessed at the settings they claim is free of bias."

The Met now operates LFR at a sensitivity setting of 0.64, which the NPL study claimed produced no false matches. However, Fussey alleges the data is "insufficient to support the claims being made" and that false matches "were not actually assessed at the settings they claim is free of bias."

The Home Office announced earlier this month <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.verity.news/story/2025/uk-police-deploy-new-facial-recognition-vans-nationwide">the rollout of 10 new Live Facial Recognition vans</a> to seven forces across England and Wales. There is currently no specific domestic legislation regulating police use of facial recognition technology.

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The Home Office announced earlier this month the rollout of 10 new Live Facial Recognition vans to seven forces across England and Wales. There is currently no specific domestic legislation regulating police use of facial recognition technology.

During the first day of Notting Hill Carnival 2025 on Sunday, police made 140 total arrests, 13 of which followed positive identifications using live facial recognition technology.

During the first day of Notting Hill Carnival 2025 on Sunday, police made 140 total arrests, 13 of which followed positive identifications using live facial recognition technology.

LFR benefits public safety and is free of discrimination. Modern systems almost entirely eliminate false positive rates while immediately discarding images of innocent civilians. Unlike intrusive stop-and-searches, LFR identifies actual offenders from specific databases without impacting law-abiding citizens. The science is clear, and Britain will be safer with this technology.

LFR benefits public safety and is free of discrimination. Modern systems almost entirely eliminate false positive rates while immediately discarding images of innocent civilians. Unlike intrusive stop-and-searches, LFR identifies actual offenders from specific databases without impacting law-abiding citizens. The science is clear, and Britain will be safer with this technology.

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With LFR, the police are expanding the use of mass surveillance without parliamentary approval. This Orwellian technology treats every citizen as a suspect, capturing biometric data from thousands of innocent people daily. Unregulated use of such technology holds the potential to produce chilling effects on democratic freedoms and must be stopped immediately.

With LFR, the police are expanding the use of mass surveillance without parliamentary approval. This Orwellian technology treats every citizen as a suspect, capturing biometric data from thousands of innocent people daily. Unregulated use of such technology holds the potential to produce chilling effects on democratic freedoms and must be stopped immediately.

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There is a 50% chance that the England and Wales prison population rate will be at least 129 per 100,000 people five years after Labour's general election victory, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

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