The National Police Air Service (NPAS) has welcomed confirmation from the UK Minister of State for Policing and Crime that funding has been approved for two additional brand-new police helicopters to complement its National Fleet Replacement Programme (FRP).
State-of-the-art Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology will be deployed for the first time in Cambridgeshire this coming Saturday (16th May 2026) in Peterborough.
In new results released by the Metropolitan Police today, over 170 wanted criminals were arrested during a live facial recognition pilot in Croydon, which saw static cameras deployed for the first time.
