Report Summary
The Chair of the Scottish Police Authority launched a national conversation on the potential use of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) in Scotland in June 2024. This paper aims to provide a summary of the available information on the use of LFR in a policing context.
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What is LFR?
Facial Recognition technology, including LFR, uses Artificial Intelligence to identify people in a digital image (such as a photo or video).
LFR uses this technology to assess real-time, live video footage of crowds who are passing a camera. It automatically compares the images of those in the crowd against a bank of images that have already been collected through other methods.
