Metropolitan Police: Live Facial Recognition Debate

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United Kingdom Government-Northern Ireland Executive Joint Board

Metropolitan Police: Live Facial Recognition

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Conduct Committee
Monday 16th March 2020

(4 years, 9 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford
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My Lords, I understand that the Met has stated that the images on the watchlist are drawn from its own database of images taken on arrest, or other images of suspects.

Lord Lexden Portrait Lord Lexden (Con)
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Why is the Metropolitan Police so slow to improve its performance in this and some other respects?

Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford
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That sounds like a warm-up to our Question on Wednesday.

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