A police force in an English midlands county have been testing out NEC Corporation of America's facial recognition technology, which recently identified a suspect captured on camera within seconds, according to a report by BBC News.
The Leicestershire Police have been using NEC’s NeoFace system, which compares facial measurements taken from an image against a database which holds 92,000 images of people who have either been arrested or have volunteered to have their images stored, such as identity parade volunteers.
Police officers said the software has seen a “high success rate of identification”, based on early results. Many local citizens have brought forth concerns of privacy regarding the technology’s use. However, senior officers have said that a match by the system does not constitute as evidence, but rather, would provide a more efficient method of searching for images.
The Leicestershire Police have been using NEC’s NeoFace system, which compares facial measurements taken from an image against a database which holds 92,000 images of people who have either been arrested or have volunteered to have their images stored, such as identity parade volunteers.
Police officers said the software has seen a “high success rate of identification”, based on early results. Many local citizens have brought forth concerns of privacy regarding the technology’s use. However, senior officers have said that a match by the system does not constitute as evidence, but rather, would provide a more efficient method of searching for images.
