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Facial recognition errors put ethnic minorities at risk of wrongful arrest, police watchdog warns
UK NewsTechnology•November 12, 2026 at 12:01 AMNational

Facial recognition errors put ethnic minorities at risk of wrongful arrest, police watchdog warns

By Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent•The Guardian - UK News

Inspectors find some officers acted on potential matches from retrospective searches without making enough checksPolice officers risk arresting innocent people, especially from ethnic minorities, if they treat inaccurate facial recognition data as evidence, an official report has found.Although the technology can help fight crime, the report found it is beset by errors and biases, and operators do not always realise they must make further inquiries to verify the data. Continue reading...

Inspectors find some officers acted on potential matches from retrospective searches without making enough checks

Police officers risk arresting innocent people, especially from ethnic minorities, if they treat inaccurate facial recognition data as evidence, an official report has found.

Although the technology can help fight crime, the report found it is beset by errors and biases, and operators do not always realise they must make further inquiries to verify the data.

Continue reading...

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