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The Met and South Wales Police have doubled down on their use of facial recognition technology after research found improved accuracy in their algorithms when using certain settings, but civil society groups maintain that the tech will still be used in a discriminatory fashion.
Scottish policing bodies are pressing ahead with a data sharing pilot despite clear and ongoing data protection issues around the use of US cloud providers, placing sensitive personal data of tens of thousands of people at risk, including witnesses and victims of crime.
A new digital forensics van has been added to North Yorkshire Police's fleet to aid investigations of rape and other serious crimes.
Mobile phones belonging to sexual assault victims will no longer need to be seized after digital forensic vans were rolled out by Nottinghamshire Police.
Dorset Police Chief Constable James Vaughan to retire DORSET'S most senior police officer has announced plans to retire from policing in the autumn of 2021. Chief Constable James Vaughan is set to call time on his career after leading Dorset Police for three and half years. His successor will be appointed by recently elected Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner David Sidwick, with support from the outgoing officer. Chief Constable Vaughan said he was considering his retirement last year but delayed the move due to the pandemic. He began his career in Wiltshire Police in 1992, workin...