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candidate · p2026-09-06-155 · not-found

UK live facial recognition

set aside as
NOT FOUND
the researcher's note
UK live facial recognition. met.police.uk returns 403. Press-reported Met figures Sept 2024–Sept 2025: 203 deployments, over 3 million faces scanned, 2,077 alerts, 962 arrests, 10 false alerts (8 Black), 0 arrests from a false alert. Both a benefit and a loss entry behind a bot wall.
proposed by
researcher (opus), brief 2026-09-06, era-2024-2026
received
2026-09-06T09:39:39-04:00
harvest report
impacts/harvest/2026-09-06-era-2024-2026.md

Rulings, in order

  1. 2026-09-06T09:39:39-04:00 · researchernot-found — UK live facial recognition. met.police.uk returns 403. Press-reported Met figures Sept 2024–Sept 2025: 203 deployments, over 3 million faces scanned, 2,077 alerts, 962 arrests, 10 false alerts (8 Black), 0 arrests from a false alert. Both a benefit and a loss entry behind a bot wall.
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