Man arrested by police using facial recognition

A man was arrested after live facial recognition technology was used in Peterborough city centre.

Cambridgeshire Police used the system in the city for the second time earlier this month.

Of the 22,000 faces scanned on 19 June, two came up as matches against a watchlist, the force said.

The man who was arrested had failed to appear in court on suspicion of driving while disqualified.

The system was first used in Peterborough on 19 May, when police scanned 34,000 faces in six hours.

Two men who were wanted for failing to appear in court were arrested on that occasion – one accused of theft and the other of shoplifting.

Cambridgeshire Police said images of people who did not match the database were permanently deleted straight away.

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