{"id":1525,"date":"2025-03-26T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/?p=1525"},"modified":"2025-03-27T11:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T11:28:09","slug":"first-permanent-facial-recognition-cameras-to-go-up-in-london-despite-dystopian-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/26\/first-permanent-facial-recognition-cameras-to-go-up-in-london-despite-dystopian-warning\/","title":{"rendered":"First permanent facial recognition cameras to go up in London despite \u2018dystopian\u2019 warning"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n\t\t\"The\t<\/div>
The Met\u2019s facial recognition vans (Picture: PA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Permanent facial recognition cameras are coming to London, despite campaigners warning the move is the first step towards \u2018a dystopian nightmare\u2019.<\/p>\n

Croydon<\/a> is set to see the city\u2019s, and the rest of the democratic world\u2019s, first permanent live facial recognition (LFR) placed to scan faces and match them to a criminal database.<\/p>\n

They will sit attached to lampposts or buildings on pedestrianised streets, and be just a short walk away from where schoolgirl Elianne Andam was stabbed to death outside the Whitgift Centre. <\/p>\n

There is relief among residents and shoppers, who hope the cameras will help bring down the rate of crime keeping them up at night.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\t\t\"EDITORS\t<\/div>
A Metropolitan Police officer demonstrates the smart phone application used by the Met\u2019s live facial recognition technology in Croydon, south London (Picture: PA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Just last year, Croydon was named as the violence hotspot of London \u2013 with more than 10,000 violent crimes recorded in a single 12 month period. <\/p>\n

Akosua Murphy, 60, has lived in the borough for 17 years, is relieved more is being done to make the area safe once again.<\/p>\n

The cleaning lady told Metro<\/strong>: \u2018Every day I pray my grandchildren come home safe, crime is out of control \u2013 we saw what happened to Elianne Adnam and she was just an innocent girl.<\/p>\n

\u2018I used to work at East Croydon station, and I\u2019ve seen young people stabbing each other.<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s only getting worse, the high street is a mess.\u2019<\/p>\n

\n
\n\t\t\"W8media.\t<\/div>
Madeleine Stone said she saw a pregnant woman held against a wall after being flagged on facial recognition cameras (Picture: w8media)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Have LFR cameras been used in London before?<\/h2>\n

The idea of the cameras will not be completely new to residents either. The Met\u2019s facial recognition vans, which zip all over the city, stop in Croydon at least once a week, watching shoppers come and go from Costa and Superdrug. <\/p>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t\tLatest London news\t\t\t<\/h2>\n
\n