Why have the Met become reliant on a Harry Potter-themed facial recognition tool?
Read my piece, where I spent the day following the force as it tries to crack down on shoplifting, to find out.
Andrew Kersley
Shoplifting has almost doubled in London since 2023.
Now the Met are fighting back, with fake bait products, undercover operations and a Harry Potter-themed facial recognition algorithm.
Read @andrewkersley.bsky.social's dispatch:
www.the-londoner.co.uk/police-crack...
As worries about unaddressed petty crime hit fever pitch, we look into the police force's efforts to clamp down on it
