New Super Recogniser Unit in Offenburg, Germany

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The police in Offenburg, in the south west of Germany near the border with France, are the latest law enforcement agency to identify and utilise officers with the Super Recogniser skill. Out of a work force of over 1500 staff, 35 Super Recognisers were found after extensive testing by Professor Josh Davis, an Honorary Fellow of the Association.

The article below notes that “On 18 February 2022, Police Vice President Jürgen Rieger and Criminal Director Hans-Martin Berl were able to present the certificates to the 35 employees from the entire Offenburg police headquarters in two small ceremonies. "We hope that their special skills will enable us to further professionalize our work for the benefit and safety of our citizens," said Police Vice President Jürgen Rieger.”

The Association praises this German Police Force for its innovation and looks forward to seeing the results from the new Super Recogniser team.

35 "Super-Recognisers" take up work at the Offenburg Police (bnn.de)

More Proof that Humans are Always Needed!

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Facial recognition software and artificial intelligence can really assist law enforcement and security agencies, but you always need the BEST human to operate and verify these systems - for legal AND ethical reasons. See this article:

https://fortune.com/2022/01/21/responsible-a-i-cant-exist-without-human-centered-design-artificial-intelligence-tech/

Views from an Australian Super Recogniser

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Yenny Seo is an Australian Super Recogniser. In this video see gives an insight into her skill. Note that she has never been employed in law enforcement or security, so she has difficulty recalling names to match to faces. BUT with police, CCTV operators and security officers, they keep records of interactions, so it is easier to match names. In any case, the ability to match several images of a suspect to different crime scenes is still a valuable skill.  She also notes that she is unaware of any qualifications. You can be assured that Super Recognisers International (in partnership with the University of Greenwich) offer a course covering not just Super Recogniser assessment, but also data protection legislation, identification law and tactics. Vital to make a natural ability into an operationally deployable skill, which produces admissible evidence.


https://youtu.be/1q27i44nm_U

New Zealand Police NOT to use Live Automated Facial Recognition→

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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:

Police release findings from independent expert review of Facial Recognition Technology | New Zealand Police

Super Matchers - Faces, Fingerprints & Firearms

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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

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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/