The Cabinet Office has started its five yearly review of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and looking at whether current arrangements work and the impact of changes to governance arrangements for emergency services and local authorities.
Ten new mobile Live Facial Recognition (LFR) units will be deployed to police forces across England and Wales in the coming weeks, in the latest step to expand the technology’s use in tackling serious and high-harm crime.
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