Live Facial Recognition (LFR)
Deployment Stage:
Live
Development Type:
Third-party
Developer/Vendor:
Corsight AI
Digital Barriers
NEC
Purpose
Locate persons of interest
Description
Locate persons of interest
Users
- Essex
- South Wales
- Metropolitan Police
- Northamptonshire
- Greater Manchester
- West Yorkshire
- Bedfordshire
- Surrey
- Sussex
- Thames Valley
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Merseyside
- Suffolk
Criminal Justice Stages
- Stage 1 Community Policing and Offender Management
- Stage 2 Intelligence
- Stage 3 Investigation
Taxonomy
Analysis(image, [image] -> enum, enum)
facial recognition (live) of unknown person appearing in video frame (image) based on a watchlist ([image]), where first enum is the index to the top match image from watchlist and second enum is the similarity score
Resources
- https://www.biometricupdate.com/202502/essex-police-reveal-impressive-accuracy-of-lfr-from-corsight-digital-barriers
- https://www.essex.police.uk/police-forces/essex-police/areas/essex-police/au/about-us/live-facial-recognition/
- https://www.biometricupdate.com/202502/essex-police-reveal-impressive-accuracy-of-lfr-from-corsight-digital-barriers
- https://www.essex.police.uk/police-forces/essex-police/areas/essex-police/au/about-us/live-facial-recognition/
- https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/2426604/AFRReportDigital.pdf#page=6.21
- https://www.south-wales.police.uk/police-forces/south-wales-police/areas/about-us/about-us/facial-recognition-technology/
- https://www.met.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/fr/facial-recognition-technology/
- https://www.met.police.uk/SysSiteAssets/media/downloads/force-content/met/advice/lfr/policy-documents/lfr-policy-document2.pdf
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-69055945
- https://science.police.uk/site/assets/files/3396/frt-equitability-study_mar2023.pdf
- https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-releases/landmark-legal-challenges-launched-against-facial-recognition-after-police-and-retailer-misidentifications/
- https://www.matrixlaw.co.uk/news/challenge-to-the-mets-use-of-live-facial-recognition-technology/
- https://www.northants.police.uk/police-forces/northamptonshire-police/areas/northamptonshire-force-content/about-us/about-us/live-facial-recognition/
- https://www.gov.uk/government/news/live-facial-recognition-technology-to-catch-high-harm-offenders
- https://www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2025/december-2025/police-roll-out-live-facial-recognition-in-merseyside-to-protect-communities/
- https://emergencyservicestimes.com/2025/02/27/live-facial-recognition-trial-in-ipswich-secures-arrests/#:~:text=A%20trial%20of%20Live%20Facial,borrowed%20from%20neighbouring%20Essex%20Police.