00:00Cutting-edge cameras, which have now caught over 80 suspected criminals, have been deployed to another West Yorkshire city.
00:08The force's live facial recognition cameras were recently used in Wakefield as part of the continued rollout of the new
00:16technology.
00:17Specialist officers operated two of the camera vans in Wakefield City Centre, supported by the Wakefield City Neighbourhood Policing Team.
00:25Eighty-two people wanted by officers on suspicion of crimes have now been detected by the high-tech cameras since
00:33their first deployment in West Yorkshire in November 2025.
00:37Arrests made in recent weeks have included people wanted for serious domestic offences as well as retail crime.
