Home secretary defends the use of facial recognition

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Yvette Cooper insists there will be "safeguards and protections" governing the use of live facial recognition by police forces in England and Wales, following fears that its deployment could infringe people’s right to privacy. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Well here in South Wales they've been using targeted facial recognition to

00:05catch some of the most serious offenders and we want to see this technology now

00:10used in other parts of the country as well. There need to be proper safeguards

00:13in place and we will do a new legal framework for it but this is about using

00:18technology that can catch criminals who are wanted for the most serious crimes

00:23and keep the public safe. You've mentioned the most serious crime there

00:27South Wales Police have also used it to target mobile phone thieves and there

00:31are suggestions to catch ticket touts as well. Are you happy for it to be used for

00:35that purpose too? Well what South Wales have done is use this in a very targeted

00:40way. They've been very public and clear about the cases that they've used it for

00:43including using it to actually target criminal gangs who are operating and to

00:49make sure they can use that to keep the public safe. There do have to be

00:52safeguards. We will do a new legal framework as part alongside

00:57the rollout of these additional 10 vans to seven police force areas but when you

01:03see the evidence and the difference that this can make to target those serious

01:06criminals to make sure that you can keep communities safe I think this is

01:10technology that we do need to make sure is properly used.

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