Police pounce on man and woman strolling through Piccadilly Gardens after checking their camera It's the latest time the technology has been used in the city Two people have been arrested and a missing man found after live facial recognition cameras were used in Manchester. Greater Manchester Police deployed the technology in the city centre on Wednesday (May 13). Cameras were used in the Piccadilly Gardens area. During the deployment, a 19-year-old man wanted on suspicion of shoplifting offences in Salford was picked up by the cameras. A woman wanted for offences including harassment and breach of bail was also spotted by the technology. Both people were arrested by officers at Piccadilly Gardens. Click here to get the biggest stories straight to your inbox in our Daily Newsletter GMP says a man who had previously been reported missing was also found safe and well using the technology. He has since been 'safeguarded' by police, the force says. "The two LFR vans were in city centre to support our neighbourhood policing operation and keep our communities safe," a GMP spokesperson added. Live facial recognition was introduced by GMP last autumn. Specialist police vans are fitted with fixed cameras, with computers inside using biometric data to match faces in the crowd to those on a 'watchlist'. Signs warn members of the public if they are entering the cameras' 'zone of recognition', and GMP says the cameras are only used to find people police are already looking for. Chief Inspector Mike Tachauer told the Manchester Evening News last year that Piccadilly Gardens is a key location to use the technology. "We speak to our community - our businesses, commuters and other users of the city centre," he said. "We know that Piccadilly Gardens is a priority for those people. We know that there