Following an independent review, the police in New Zealand have decided not to use live AFR to identify offenders. One of the main reasons was a perceived bias against the Maori community. More reasons to utilise HUMAN super recognisers. The report is on this link:
Super Matchers - Faces, Fingerprints & Firearms
/Super Matchers have one of the Super Recogniser skills and are excellent at matching an image to a face (e.g. a passport check) or image to image (CCTV of crime compared to mugshot or arrest photo). Research by the University of Exeter has shown that they may also be good at matching other objects and patterns, including firearms and fingerprints. A short test is included in the article below. All our tests and courses identify Super Recognisers AND Super Matchers.
A short test is included in this article:
Are you Britain's next super-matcher? You can take a test to find out (medicalxpress.com)
FREE Law Enforcement Super Recogniser Training - TV Programme
/This is an offer of FREE Super Recognisers selection & training for law enforcement agencies in UK and USA / Canada (and other countries will be considered). A large CCTV control room or security team may also be considered.
A global TV company wishes to film a documentary about HUMAN Super Recognisers. They will pay for my company to find and train officers with this skill, as long as the process and their use in investigations can be filmed. This is a chance to select the Super Recognisers in your force or department AT NO COST and show off your innovation on worldwide TV. For more information:
mike.neville@superrecognisersinternational.com
https://superrecognisersinternational.com/advanced-super-recogniser-course-professionals/
Masks & Make-Up to Defeat Automated Facial Recognition
/As automated systems improve, steps will be taken by criminals and researchers to defeat it. This article shows how masks, make-up, visors and other methods are being deployed to frustrate facial recognition systems. All the more reason to utilise HUMAN Super Recognisers. Article below:
https://bigthink.com/the-present/facial-recognition/#Echobox=1640581258
Super Recognisers to Feature on Canadian Television
/Super Recognisers will feature on the Canadian channel CBC on 21st January at 8pm (Eastern Standard Time) on a programme entitled “In Your Face”. This will be further publicity to promote the use of Super Recognition in North America. A Vimeo link will be sent to the Association and this will be shared in due course.
Happy Christmas to all Association Members & Here's to a Better 2022!
/The Chairman of the Association, the Honourable the Lord Lingfield and the CEO, Mike Neville, wish all our Association members and their families a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The use of Super Recognisers has spread across the globe and this will continue in 2022.
Dates for your new diary - The next SRI Ltd on-line course will be run from 1st-3rd March.
Super Recognisers & the Madeleine McCann Case
/A Super Recognisers has produced a new sketch of what Madeleine McCann may look like today. The CEO of the Association has long insisted that the best way of finding the missing girl, if she is still alive, is by using images.
For the sketch and the article, see:
How Madeleine McCann would look today aged 18, according to 'recogniser' - Wales Online
French Ruling Against Automated Facial Recognition System
/More reason to use HUMAN Super Recognisers. French Data Protection agency rules against the use of Clearview AI.
https://www.euronews.com/2021/12/16/facial-recognition-clearview-ai-breaks-eu-data-privacy-rules-says-french-watchdog
West Midlands Police Super Recogniser
/PCSO Andy Popes was praised by his own force in this article:
https://west-midlands.police.uk/news/memory-man-officer-recognised-talent
All law enforcement agencies will have Super Recognisers - they could use them in a much smarter and coordinated way to identify more offenders.
Police Receive Super Recogniser Awards from Lord Lingfield
/On 29th November 2021 in London, officers from the City of London, Metropolitan, Thames Valley and West Midlands Police forces received awards from the Right Honourable, The Lord Lingfield, the Chairman of the Association of Super Recognisers. These human Super Recognisers have a fantastic (innate) memory for faces. In policing, Super Recognisers have found suspects and victims in several high-profile cases, including the Salisbury Novichok poisonings, London Riots, the murder of Alice Gross and on the Hillsborough Enquiry. They have also been used to linked up to 43 volume crimes together by images. Super Recognisers are the ideal people to verify automated facial recognition identifications.
Four serving officers received the highest award from the Association, Honorary Fellowship. DCI Steve Jones of Thames Valley and Inspector Luke Harley of the City Police were rewarded for their enthusiasm in organising Super Recogniser programmes in their respective forces. PCSO Andy Pope of the West Midlands Police was recognised for making over two thousand identifications from CCTV images and PC Patrick O’Riordan of the Met Police was acknowledged for his work on the Grenfell Inquiry. Using his skills, Pat created a timeline of the victims as they entered the block and also produced key evidence, that helped to convict seventeen fraudsters. Super Recognisers are exceptional at noting who is in footage, as well as those who are not.
Seven Thames Valley Police super recognisers, including PC Lucy Fleming, the highest scorer on the University of Greenwich tests, received their Licentiate certificates. In addition to being tested on their abilities relating to short and long term memory, image matching and spotting faces in a crowd, these officers completed a course covering operational Super Recogniser tactics, together with relevant legislation. This included identification, data protection, Human Rights and surveillance laws and Codes of Practice. Spotting suspicious behaviour was also covered.
Professor Josh Davis of Greenwich University, the academic expert in this field, Prof Davis noted that, "Police forces would benefit from establishing which of their officers have the super recogniser skill. This would enable them to solve more crimes and make communities safer."
Lord Lingfield added, "It was wonderful to present certificates to the police officers, who had completed the Super Recogniser course. I especially congratulate those awarded Honorary Fellowship. They have done much to drive super recognition forward."
For further information contact mike.neville@superrecognisersinternational.com or 07415 634613