WA police facial recognition trial scans 1.38M faces, nets 122 arrests

Western Australia Police concluded a five-month real-time facial recognition trial, scanning over 1.38 million faces across 100 deployments, leading to 122 arrests and nine false alerts. The trial engaged with 146 registered sex offenders, raising privacy and civil liberties concerns. This marks a significant expansion of surveillance technology in Australia, with implications for law enforcement practices and public oversight.

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