Facial recognition plans

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Dear Cumbria Constabulary,

Please provide answers to the following:
1. Does Cumbria Constabulary have any plans to introduce facial recognition?

2. If so, please provide all information relating to those plans.

3. Does Cumbria Constabulary have any plans to introduce retrospective facial recognition?

4. If so, please provide all information relating to those plans.

Yours faithfully,

Elena Miucci

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Dear Elena Miucci,
Thank you for your request. Please may I apologise with regards to the delay in your response. We were awaiting an internal response from one of our internal departments. Please find the attached response letter.

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Dominique Robinson
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Chief Constables’ Council

Title: National Biometrics Function and National Facial Recognition Project

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/8...

Initial analysis of the 2022 police survey returns
Published 14 November 2022

'Is your force operating Facial Recognition Technology?

Only one force stated that it was using LFR (from the list supplied). Six had access to PND and two of those to CAID. One other mentioned access to Athena.'

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...