Facial recognition cameras to be used again

Officers plan to use live facial recognition cameras once again in three towns.

Suffolk Police said it made four arrests and scanned 80,000 faces when it used the technology in Ipswich, Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds in August.

The force said it would help “keep people safe” when it used it again in the towns next week.

Suffolk’s police and crime commissioner, Conservative Tim Passmore, said the cameras had “huge potential to bring criminals to justice and prevent crime.”

The technology was also trialled at the First Light Festival in Lowestoft this year, and last year, and also in Ipswich town centre in February 2025.

Source: (BBC News)