A sign attached to a lamp-post warning of live facial recognition in progress
Civil liberties campaigners have raised concerns about racial bias in the use of facial recognition technology by police. Photograph: John Keeble/Getty Images
Civil liberties campaigners have raised concerns about racial bias in the use of facial recognition technology by police. Photograph: John Keeble/Getty Images
Ethnic minority groups in Wales four times more likely to be target of police facial scans

Exclusive: South Wales police figures show BAME people accounted for 24% of selected scans in 2025, despite being 7% of population