A three-month trial of a new police facial recognition app which prompted a legal challenge will get under way this month.
South Wales Police has said it will give 50 officers the app.
The force’s use of facial recognition technology prompted a legal challenge by a man whose picture was taken by officers while he was out shopping.
Some other forces have already trialled the technology including the Metropolitan Police.
Civil rights group Liberty said it was “shameful” the South Wales force was using the technology while court cases were ongoing.
Officers have been using automatic facial recognition (AFR) technology to map faces in a crowd by measuring the distance between facial features ... Read even more
