Busiest shopping & nightlife area in the UK to be monitored by live facial recognition cameras in new crime crackdown

BRITAIN’S busiest shopping and nightlife area is to be monitored by live police facial recognition cameras. London’s West End and Soho will have the devices in operation by Christmas, said Met boss Sir Mark Rowley. The cameras, which target wanted criminals and sex offenders using unique facial measurements, will be fixed but regularly repositioned, he...