Super Recognizer: Berliner Polizei sucht perfekte Gesichtserkenner - Berliner Morgenpost
The Berlin newspaper (The Morning Post) reported that police in the German capital are looking for further Super Recognisers. The report is translated below. Further evidence of the spread of this policing tactic across the world.
Police Seek Perfect Face Recognisers
The Berlin police are still looking for people who have perfect facial recognition skills, so-called super recognizers.
Berlin. You can recognize almost anyone - whether it's on a blurry video, years ago, masked, aging, or otherwise changed. According to scientific estimates, between one and two percent of all people have the ability to memorize faces better than average and to recall what they have remembered at will. Last but not least, the so-called "super recognizers" are of great benefit to investigative authorities - including the Berlin police.
Since last summer, the authority has been trying to identify super recognizers in its own ranks. However, the result of a corresponding test run is still a long time coming. Originally, this should already be available in September 2021. "The differentiated scientific analysis of the test data is not yet complete," said a police spokesman on request.
However, the officials also seem to be rather reserved. Because of the approximately 18,500 law enforcement officers who were asked to take part in a specially created test procedure in June, only 1,400 took part. With one to two percent, however, only between 185 and 370 enforcement officers should have the ability.
