Shoppers walk past a Met police van that's using Artificial Intelligence (AI) Facial Recognition (FI) technology to spot persons of interest, and pre-empt criminal activity, at Tottenham Court Road, on 1st December 2025, in London, England. Facial Recognition (FR) technology is used by the Met to prevent and detect crime, find wanted criminals, safeguard vulnerable people. Real time surveillance helps officers locate people on a ‘watchlist’ who are sought by the police. FR cameras focus specific areas and when people pass through, their images are streamed directly to the Live Facial Recognit

Shoppers walk past a Met police van that's using Artificial Intelligence (AI) Facial Recognition (FI) technology to spot persons of interest, and pre-empt criminal activity, at Tottenham Court Road, on 1st December 2025, in London, England. Facial Recognition (FR) technology is used by the Met to prevent and detect crime, find wanted criminals, safeguard vulnerable people. Real time surveillance helps officers locate people on a ‘watchlist’ who are sought by the police. FR cameras focus specific areas and when people pass through, their images are streamed directly to the Live Facial Recognit Stock Photo

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Shoppers walk past a Met police van that's using Artificial Intelligence (AI) Facial Recognition (FI) technology to spot persons of interest, and pre-empt criminal activity, at Tottenham Court Road, on 1st December 2025, in London, England. Facial Recognition (FR) technology is used by the Met to prevent and detect crime, find wanted criminals, safeguard vulnerable people. Real time surveillance helps officers locate people on a ‘watchlist’ who are sought by the police. FR cameras focus specific areas and when people pass through, their images are streamed directly to the Live Facial Recognition system and compared to a watchlist.

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