2023/25948 - Facial Recognition

REQUEST

I write to request information and records under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), regarding the use of facial recognition technology.

Questions 1-6 relate to the period January 2022-January 2023.

1. Has Gwent Police deployed live facial recognition?
2. If so, please provide dates and locations for each deployment.

2. Has Gwent Police used any form of retrospective facial recognition?
3. If so, please provide the dates and locations at which the images or footage was obtained.

3. Has Gwent Police deployed operator initiated facial recognition?
4. If so, please provide dates and locations for each deployment.

4. Has Gwent Police deployed any type of facial recognition in conjunction with body-worn video?
5. If so, please provide dates and locations for each deployment.

5. Where live facial recognition has been used:
6. How many images were on the watch list used in each instance?
7. From where were these images taken?
8. How many of those on the watch list were not wanted for arrest in each instance?
9. For what other reasons were these people included?

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

Questions 7-10 relate to the period from February 2023 onwards.

7. Does Gwent Police plan to deploy live facial recognition?
8. If so, please provide dates and locations for each known planned deployment.

8. Does Gwent Police plan to use retrospective facial recognition?
9. If so, please provide dates and locations for each known planned deployment.

9. Does Gwent Police plan to deploy operator initiated facial recognition?
10. If so, please provide dates and locations for each known planned deployment.

10. Does Gwent Police plan to deploy any type of facial recognition in conjunction with body-worn video?
11. If so, please provide dates and locations for each known planned deployment.

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