Super Recogniser Success - German Police

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It is not just criminals, but vital witnesses who can be spotted by human Super Recognisers. In Germany, a Federal Police officer with this natural skill was able to identify a member of the public who witnessed a violent assault Regensburg Central Station in Bavaria. The case can now proceed and offender can be prosecuted.

If you are a senior officer or manager engaged in law enforcement, counter-terrorism, security, CCTV or other role where the identification of persons of interest is vital, why aren't you using the natural skills of your people? This is another tactic that can help with the war against crime and terrorism.

https://www.focus.de/panorama/welt/super-recogniser-entdeckt-wichtigen-zeugen-von-gewalttat_e5d0a02d-0004-478e-9fb7-2ef6d3545f27.html

Wrongful Arrests from Facial Recognition - SRs are the Solution!

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Every misidentification by facial recognition gives critics the opportunity to demand that law enforcement agencies are banned from using the software. AND every wrongful arrest and prosecution from FR reduces trust and confidence in policing. See the link below for examples.

In the UK and other western nations, human intervention is required to verify the ID. BUT not every officer has the skills to do this. Indeed, academic research shows that over 90% of the population are very poor at matching faces.

The Surveillance Camera Commissioner gives this advice in "Facing the Camera: Good practice and guidance" - Para 4.57: “Senior (police) officers should ask themselves how they select, train, instruct, deploy, manage and analyse the performance of the human decision maker…”

Human Super Recognisers are the solution!

stateofsurveillance.org/news/police-facial-recognition-wrongful-arrests-2025/

Super Recogniser in new Novel

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A new book has a Super Recogniser as the main character.

The author, Sam Hay, stated “Tom Friday, the main character in Questers Academy, has an incredible superpower. He can remember faces, even if he’s only seen them for a few seconds. This isn’t something I’ve made up. There really are people with this skill. Maybe you could be one of them!”

Full details are here:

http://kandobonkersaboutbooks.blogspot.com/2026/06/questers-academy-box-of-locks-sam-hay.html

Cambridgeshire Police – New Super Recogniser Team!

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Cambridgeshire Police now have a team of qualified human Super Recognisers, trained in the law and regulations relating to surveillance, identification and data protection and verified as having the Super Recogniser skill (a superior natural ability to recognise faces) by Professor Josh Davis and his team from the University of Greenwich.

Following extensive testing, the top nine officers and staff members successfully completed the four-day course at the force headquarters in Huntingdon.   They will now to be used to increase identifications and detections from CCTV and other images, spot offenders during proactive operations and verify automated facial recognition idents (the latter having a legal requirement for “human intervention”).

A more effective and systematic use of images of suspects, with Super Recognisers as part of the process, is a very cost-effective method of improving detections.  It should be noted that, in the UK, two-thirds of police forces are graded as “requiring improvement” or “inadequate” in relation to the investigation of crime and service given to victims.

The first assessment and initial testing stage for Super Recognisers is completely free.  Just contact Mike Neville via LinkedIn or the website.   If you are a senior leader in law enforcement, why wouldn’t you want to use the talents of your officers to catch more criminals??