Assistant Chief Constable Trudi Meyrick of South Wales Police said the new app was able to enhance police “ability to accurately confirm a person’s identity”.
She said: “This technology doesn’t replace traditional means of identifying people and our police officers will only be using it in instances where it is both necessary and proportionate to do so, with the aim of keeping that particular individual, or the wider public, safe.”
Assistant Chief Constable Nick McLain of Gwent Police called embracing the technology an “integral part of effective policing and public safety”.
“The use of this technology always involves human decision-making and oversight, ensuring that it is used lawfully, ethically, and in the public interest,” he said.
“We have a robust scrutiny process in place to ensure accountability and testing found no evidence of racial, age or gender bias.”
