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The Detectives who never forget a Face

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July 15, 2017, 01:03 PM
ZSMICHAEL
The Detectives who never forget a Face
A post by tac brought this story to mind of the London police.

http://www.newyorker.com/magaz...ognizer-police-force
July 15, 2017, 04:31 PM
Jimbo Jones
Thats a really good story.

While I don't think CCTV cameras on every corner is the answer for American cities, I enjoyed reading about these extraordinary LEOs in the UK.

quote:
Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
A post by tac brought this story to mind of the London police.

http://www.newyorker.com/magaz...ognizer-police-force



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July 15, 2017, 11:21 PM
BBMW
I assume England has some sort of photo ID system. The should load all the ID photos into a facial recognition database. When the have the face of an unidentified perp on video, run that against the database and see it it generates a hit.
July 16, 2017, 07:15 AM
honestlou
quote:
Originally posted by BBMW:
I assume England has some sort of photo ID system. The should load all the ID photos into a facial recognition database. When the have the face of an unidentified perp on video, run that against the database and see it it generates a hit.


The main point of the article is that people are much better at making those identifications than the computers. Especially from video images.
July 16, 2017, 08:14 AM
Blackmore
A long read but fascinating.


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