Police chief 'confident' cutting edge facial recognition technology used for first time in Peterborough will bring more criminals to justice Assistant Chief Constable John Massey said the new cutting edge system would help speed up the process of identifying people who needed to be brought to justice. His comments come after it was revealed that police are to deploy state-of-the-art facial recognition technology for the first time in Peterborough from Saturday (May 16). Advertisement Hide AdAdvertisement Hide AdIt will be the first time that the system, called Live Facial Recognition (LFR) and which uses a live camera feed to identify people in the street who are on the police database and are wanted either by the police or by the courts or have failed to adhere to notification orders, has been used in Cambridgeshire. Mr Massey told the Peterborough Telegraph: “The first deployment will be on Saturday in Long Causeway and Broadway from 10am to 4pm. “There will also be a contingent of uniformed officers present as well who will decide on any course of action depending on the information from the new facial recognition system. “We are planning to bring the system back to Peterborough in June. Advertisement Hide AdAdvertisement Hide AdHe said: “We are trialling the system and afterwards there will be a rigorous analysis of the results. “But we are confident that they will be positive.” Mr Massey rejected concerns that the system might appear to some people like the work of Big Brother. He said: “It is an overt system that will be noticeable to all. "The locations where LFR is deployed will be clearly marked with signage featuring a QR code linking to information about the technology on the force website. Advertisement Hide AdAdvertisement Hide AdHe said: “It is another tool in our armoury and