London's Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) says the hundreds of live facial recognition (LFR) deployments across the Capital last year led to 962 arrests, according to a new report on the controversial tech's use.

The report [PDF] covered the period from September 2024 to September 2025, noting that from the 203 deployments, LFR cameras triggered 2,077 alerts with 10 false positives.

Cops said the arrests were mostly comprised of people who were wanted by the courts (549); and those the MPS said it had "reasonable grounds" to believe may be either about to commit, currently committing, or have already committed an offence (347). The remaining 85 arrests related to those managed by multiple agencies (MAPAA nominals), such as registered sex offenders (RSOs), and stalkers, as well as those

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