London police use facial recognition after riots

LONDON — Facial-recognition technology is getting a workout in the wake of Britain's riots, a senior police chief said Thursday, with officers feeding photographs of suspects through Scotland Yard's newly updated face-matching program. Chief Constable Andy Trotter of the British Transport Police ...

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