Officer training for Facial Recognition
Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.24.037034
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Regarding the deployment of live facial recognition by the Met. Police. There is a requirement in the Surveillance Camera Commissioner's Code of Practice to have human intervention before a computerised facial recognition identification is used to stop a person or make an arrest. See Para. 2.4 of this document:
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Surveillance_Camera_CoP_Accessible_PDF.pdf In relation to this:
- How are officers or staff selected to verify such identifications.
- What training do they receive.
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Q1 and Q2 - Regarding the deployment of live facial recognition by the Met. Police. There is a requirement in the Surveillance Camera Commissioner's Code of Practice to have human intervention before a computerised facial recognition identification is used to stop a person or make an arrest. See Para. 2.4 of this documents:
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Surveillance_Camera_CoP_Accessible_PDF.pdf In relation to this:
How are officers or staff selected to verify such identifications.
What training do they receive.
Section 2.4 states: Any use of facial recognition or other biometric characteristic recognition systems needs to be clearly justified and proportionate in meeting the stated purpose and be suitably validated. It should always involve human intervention before decisions are taken that affect an individual adversely.