00:00This is the moment police arrest a serial shoplifter on Oxford Street
00:04as the Metropolitan Police scales up its use of live facial recognition technology.
00:10The woman, who was with a male accomplice, is being tailed by security staff from a nearby store,
00:16but they lose sight of her.
00:17She was suspected of stealing items valued at over Ā£1,000.
00:22As she made her way up Oxford Street,
00:24she noticed the high-tech cameras that match faces in the crowd to those of wanted offenders.
00:30She crosses the road to avoid the cameras, but was unaware there were more on the other side.
00:36An alert is triggered and police move in to detain her.
00:40When the standard joined officers on patrol,
00:42she is one of seven wanted offenders arrested at Oxford Circus for theft and assault.
00:48There are people walking around within the community that are wanted,
00:51that potentially present danger to the community,
00:53and we are using technology to identify those people
00:56and ultimately make the community safer for the residents of Brixton.
01:00The only people that will be picked up by live facial recognition
01:02is anybody who is wanted by the courts or wanted by the police
01:06or have an imposed court order.
01:08Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley
01:11said the technology is one of the biggest innovations in fighting crime in decades
01:16and has already helped to catch thousands of criminals.
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