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Facial recognition errors put ethnic minorities at risk of wrongful arrest, police watchdog warns

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Inspectors find some officers acted on potential matches from retrospective searches without making enough checks Police officers risk arresting innocent people, especially from ethnic minorities, if they treat inaccurate facial recognition data as evidence, an official report has found. Although the technology can help fight crime, the report found it is beset by errors and biases , and operators do not always realise they must make further inquiries to verify the data.

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    Facial recognition errors put ethnic minorities at risk of wrongful arrest, police watchdog warns

    Inspectors find some officers acted on potential matches from retrospective searches without making enough checks Police officers risk arresting innocent people, especially from ethnic minorities, if they treat inaccurate facial recognition data as evidence, an official...

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