( November 3, 2026, 04:00 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Western Australia Police said its five-month trial of overt live facial recognition technology has ended, with the system scanning 1.38 million faces, generating 292 alerts and leading to 122 arrests across 100 deployments in regional and metropolitan areas. Police said the technology identified 146 registered sex offenders and 10 people whose welfare needed to be checked, while recording nine incorrect alerts, which it said represented a 0.00065 percent error rate. The force will now conduct an internal evaluation of the trial, examining the technology’s effectiveness, community impact, governance and compliance before deciding on any future use.Statement follows. Statistics attached. ...
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