Report Summary
This report provides members of the Scottish Police Authority Policing Performance Committee with an overview of the work conducted as part of the Police Scotland, Scottish Police Authority and Scottish Biometrics Commissioner’s National Conversation on Live Facial Recognition.
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Meeting
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Policing Performance Committee - 10 June 2025
Date : 10 June 2025
Location : online
Timeline
In December 2024, a new Police Scotland lead for LFR was appointed and the planning for the National Conversation was reviewed. An updated roadmap was created and set out the following timeline:
Dates & Activity
January to February 2025: Development of use cases to stimulate conversation on operational policing circumstances in which LFR might add value to public safety. (See section 4 for use cases)
January to February 2025: Development of an overarching paper and summary which sets out publicly LFR usage across the UK, the legislative framework; human rights and ethical considerations and proposed use cases, to stimulate conversation and help inform stakeholder groups and public survey responses.
April 2025: Hosting of five focus groups, with 26 groups or organisations represented. The purpose of the sessions was not to set out any policing perspectives, but instead to listen to, and consider, the responses of those in attendance.
April 2025: In parallel to the focus groups, a public survey was launched to garner public sentiment on the potential use of LFR.
May 2025: National Conversation – in person discussion and inputs from a host of participants and special interest groups, with media in attendance for transparency.
June 2025: Evidence report presented to the Authority’s Policing Performance Committee.
