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Notting Hill face-recognition technology will be used without bias – Met boss

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said the technology will help locate dangerous individuals attending the ...

Met Police chief says only criminals will fear deployment of facial recognition at Notting Hill Carnival

Scotland Yard chief Sir Mark Rowley has told civil liberties and anti-racism groups only criminals have something to fear ...

Fears raised that a crowd crush at Notting Hill Carnival is ‘only a matter of time’

Jacqueline McKenzie, a campaigner and human rights lawyer who helped victims of the Windrush scandal, said the carnival holds ...

Voices: I’m an ex-Met chief – but I’m glad I’m not policing this ‘Bank Holiday weekend of discontent’

COMMENT: Two dozen anti-migrant protests across the country, a million-strong Notting Hill Carnival using controversial ...
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New AI-backed crime map initiative aims to unify fragmented policing data

The new AI-backed initiative aims to unify fragmented policing data. It follows Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley’s recent remarks that the UK’s 43-force structure “has ...

Metropolitan Police’s policy over live facial recognition ‘unlawful’ – watchdog

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been granted permission to intervene in legal action over the issue.

Met makes 100 arrests ahead of Notting Hill Carnival in bid to deter trouble

Police have arrested 100 people in a bid to deter those they say “pose the greatest risk” to the safety of Notting Hill ...