Wrongful Arrests from Facial Recognition - SRs are the Solution!

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/