Live facial recognition

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/23/5413

Version Date: 20/09/2023

The ICT Department have provided the following information.

Questions 1-4 relate to the period January 2023-August 2023.

1. Has Devon and Cornwall Constabulary deployed live facial recognition?

No

If so, please provide dates and locations for each deployment.

Not applicable

2. Has Devon and Cornwall Constabulary deployed operator initiated facial recognition?

No 

If so, please provide dates and locations for each deployment.

Not applicable

3. Has Devon and Cornwall Constabulary deployed any type of facial recognition in conjunction with body-worn video?

No

If so, please provide dates and locations for each deployment.

Not applicable

4. At each deployment, how many alerts were generated?
a. How many times did police officers consider the match sufficiently credible to stop individuals and perform an identity check?
b. Following an identity check, how many stops were verified as correct matches?

Not applicable

Question 7 relates to the period from August 2023 onwards.

7. Does Devon and Cornwall Constabulary plan to deploy live facial recognition? 

Not at this time.

If so, please provide dates and locations for each known planned deployment.

Not applicable