UK police urged to double use of facial recognition software

Policing minister Chris Philp suggests target of more than 200,000 searches over next six months

Police are being encouraged to double their use of retrospective facial recognition software to track down offenders over the next six months.

Policing minister Chris Philp has written to force leaders suggesting the target of exceeding 200,000 searches of still images against the police national database by May using facial recognition technology.