WA Police to trial live facial recognition technology in Australian first
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Keane Bourke, Kenith Png
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Western Australia Police will become the first in Australia to trial live facial recognition technology in public spaces. The system, deployed from a marked police van at major events and crowded areas, will scan crowds and cross-reference faces against a database of approximately 4,000 people with outstanding arrest warrants, registered child sex offenders, and missing persons. Police Commissioner Col Blanch describes the technology as safer than standard CCTV cameras.
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· 3 pulledWestern Australia will become the first place in the country where police will trial real-time facial recognition cameras, scanning crowds for people wanted by police, registered child sex offenders and missing persons.
Police Commissioner Col Blanch said that database will contain about 4,000 people with outstanding arrest warrants and thousands of registered child sex offenders, as well as people reported missing.
WA Police are set to become the first in the country to trial live facial recognition of crowds, describing the technology as safer than standard CCTV cameras.
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