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Western Australia police said a five-month trial of real-time facial recognition scanned 1,380,882 faces and led to 122 arrests, with nine incorrect alerts. The trial concluded Saturday, according to The Guardian.
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The report describes a regional surveillance trial in Australia and identifies no direct U.S. effect. Its results may be of interest to U.S. agencies and communities weighing similar technology, but the article does not describe any U.S. plans.