AI system
- System
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NEC NeoFace live facial recognition used in West Yorkshire Police camera vans
- Model
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Not assessed
- Release
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Not assessed
- Application developer
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NEC (NeoFace)
- Role
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Not assessed
- Configuration
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Not assessed
- Inputs and outputs
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Not assessed
- Autonomy
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Not assessed
- Workflow
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Two vans on the first deployment day and one on each subsequent day, with trained officers available to review alerts. A watchlist of wanted people, suspects and order subjects built from intelligence. Officers on hand to review alerts and act on them.
- Human oversight
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Not assessed
- Relation to AI
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NEC NeoFace compares camera images with a police watchlist and generates possible matches. Trained officers review the alerts and decide whether to act. The nine recorded alerts and resulting interventions are reported by the deployer; no independent evaluation of these deployments was found.
- AI contribution
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NEC NeoFace compares camera images with a police watchlist and generates possible matches. Trained officers review the alerts and decide whether to act. The nine recorded alerts and resulting interventions are reported by the deployer; no independent evaluation of these deployments was found.
Benefits
- Outcome identifiers
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Not assessed
- Benefit
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three arrests and six Sexual Harm Prevention Order stops
- Category
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Reduced Violence
- Status
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Not assessed
- Beneficiary groups
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Organizations. Society.
- Beneficiaries
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Not assessed
- Reach
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Not assessed
- Distribution and access
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Not assessed
- Duration
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Not assessed
- Expected?
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Yes
- Costs and harms
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Not assessed
Measurement
- Studies
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Not assessed
- Study design
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Not assessed
- Measurement
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Not assessed
- Setting and sample
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Not assessed
- Measures
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three arrests and six Sexual Harm Prevention Order stops
- Comparison
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Not assessed
- Results
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three arrests and six Sexual Harm Prevention Order stops
- Additional value from AI
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Not assessed
- Limitations
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Not assessed
- Denominators
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Not assessed
- Materials for replication
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Not assessed
Money
- Kind of value
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Not assessed
- Amount
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Not assessed
- Currency and prices
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Not assessed
- Period and unit
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Not assessed
- Realization
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Not assessed
- Recipients and payers
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Not assessed
- Gross or net
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Not assessed
- Included costs
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Not assessed
- Comparison
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Not assessed
- Method
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Not assessed
- Return and payback
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Not assessed
People and places
- Participants
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Developer: NEC (NeoFace). Operator: West Yorkshire Police (Kirklees district).
- Jurisdictions
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Benefit: Huddersfield,
United Kingdom. Operator: United Kingdom. - Ownership and control
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Not assessed
- Dependencies
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Not assessed
- Cross-border connections
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Not assessed
- Geopolitical implications
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Not assessed
Follow-up
- Conditions for replication
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Watchlist entries are current and lawful. Officers verify each alert before a stop. Non-matching faces are deleted as the force states.
- Replication attempts
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Not assessed
- Later findings
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Not assessed
- Availability
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Not assessed
- Institutional decision
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Not assessed
- Grounds
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Not assessed
- Action and result
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Not assessed
- Success criterion
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Not assessed
Evidence
- Source numbers
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AIBD-0376-source-0001–0003
- Language
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Not assessed
- Original evidence
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The retained accounts describe three deployments without an independent evaluation. The BBC article’s full text was inaccessible. [1] [2] [3]
- Access and versions
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Not assessed
- Supported findings
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Not assessed
- Evidence links
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Not assessed
- Evidence strength
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Not assessed
- Missing evidence
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Not assessed
Grades
- Assessed benefits
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Organizations. Society.
- Depth
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Organizations: 2. Society: 1.
- Reasons
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Organizations: The force’s own release and deployment register report three arrests and six other interventions over three days. They establish a reported operational result, without independent verification of accuracy or later case outcomes. Society: The force reported detention of three suspects and six checks of order subjects. No specific prevented harm or subsequent conviction is established.
- Observed or intended
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Not assessed
- Rubric
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Not assessed
- Assessor and date
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Not assessed
- Alternative assessments
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Not assessed
- Fill
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The deployer's account
Entry details
- Kind
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Not assessed
- Related entries
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Not assessed
- Field
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Policing / wanted-person identification. Live facial recognition in a town center.
- Purpose
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LFR vans are deployed to match passers-by against a watchlist of wanted people and suspects so that officers can arrest or check them. The arrests and order checks are that purpose. The Examiner adds that the cameras also serve to find missing people, witnesses and victims.
- Dates
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Date basis unassessed: 2026 (precision unassessed). Updated: 24 October 2026.
- Stage
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Not assessed
- Version
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SHA-256: 231a8badedc8…
References
- Other identifiers
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oecd_aim: 2026-08-17-4e1c.
- Category mappings
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Not assessed
- Brief
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Not assessed
- Revisions
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5 revisions. Latest: 24 October 2026.
Sources
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Press release Deployer
West Yorkshire Police. Cutting Edge Facial Recognition Cameras Used for First Time in Kirklees. 2026-08-17.
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Dataset Deployer
West Yorkshire Police. Live facial recognition deployment register 2026. n.d. Version identified by filename 19102026. Huddersfield rows dated August 12–14, 2026.
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Report Deployer
West Yorkshire Police. Live Facial Recognition. n.d. Operational description, NEC NeoFace identification, human review, and data retention.
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