Halt the rollout of fingerprint scanners to police

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Halt the rollout of fingerprint scanners to police

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The Home Office is beginning a trial of new fingerprint scanners with West Yorkshire Police. These scanners connect to an app on a police officer's phone, allowing quick checking of the person's fingerprints against criminal and immigration databases. This has not had any parliamentary scrutiny.

Additional Information

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/police-trial-new-home-office-mobile-fingerprint-technology

https://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/news/blog/why-its-not-okay-police-quietly-roll-out-spot-fingerprint-scanning

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