Live Facial Recognition Vans Trigger Six Arrests on Church Street

A two-day deployment of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology in Liverpool city centre resulted in six arrests as part of Safer Business Action Week. Operating on Church Street, the vans scanned over 55,000 faces, generating 35 positive alerts for wanted individuals and registered offenders. Those detained included suspects wanted for burglary, motor vehicle theft, assault, and breaching Criminal Behaviour Orders. Merseyside Police confirmed that zero false alerts were recorded during the operation and reiterated that biometric data from members of the public not on watchlists is immediately deleted.