Police use of facial recognition to be investigated by Lords committee
Monday 11 Decemeber 2023
Tomorrow the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee is holding an evidence session to probe into police deployment of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology in England and Wales. The session follows up on aspects of the Committee’s report 'Technology rules? The advent of new technologies in the justice system', published in March 2022.
The session will focus on the deployment of the technology, with evidence from police forces, academics and LFR providers. The committee will examine human interaction with the technology, procurement, accountability and transparency.
Giving evidence will be:
- T/DCC Mark Travis, South Wales Police
- Professor Karen Yeung, Interdisciplinary Professional Fellow in Law, Ethics and Informatics, Birmingham Law School and School of Computer Science
- Paul Roberts, Head of Strategy, NEC Software Solutions
- Lindsey Chiswick, Director of Intelligence, Metropolitan Police
Possible topics that may arise:
- How to develop meaningful human engagement with LFR;
- The process of acquiring the technology;
- How police force use of the technology can be held to account;
- How police forces apply the value of principle of transparency to their use of the technology.
The session will take place on Tuesday 12 December at 10:30am and can be followed live on Parliament TV.
