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Freedom of information request finds six-month trial cost £320,000, used almost 100 police hours and led to just one – incorrect – alert
More than half a million faces were processed during a British Transport Police live facial recognition trial that generated one incorrect alert.
The trial cost more than £320,000 and took up almost 100 hours of police officers’ time between February and July this year