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🧵Welcome to our December 2025 Viewpoint Newsletter.

👁️Essex Police has halted live facial recognition deployments over racial bias findings But this is part of a much bigger story... Here's what YOU should know about police using this Orwellian tech⤵️

Cash-strapped PSNI leaders have paid out almost £275,000 on ‘meet and greet’ gatherings for officers. Figures obtained by The Irish News reveal that between September 2024 and January this year, the PSNI spent £274,800 on a series of ‘Team PSNI’ events. Read more: tinyurl.com/2p9pfjj8

Essex Police have paused their use of live facial recognition technology after evidence showed that the technology has a racial bias.⁠ ⁠ @AnnaJonesSky & @KamaliMelbourne have all the details.⁠ ⁠ Listen here: trib.al/xSbQXob

Sir Mark Rowley has banned the police thin blue line badge, in part because it’s promoted by hard right groups in the force. The persistent flouting of this rule is a worry for us all. bbc.com/news/uk-englan…

Former Metropolitan Police officer sentenced to 24 years in prison for multiple sex offences itv.com/news/london/20…

A former City of London police officer was found to have committed gross misconduct following their conviction for making indecent and prohibited images of children. More here - cityoflondon.police.uk/foi-ai/city-of…

A Metropolitan Police officer investigating David Carrick gave the serial rapist a lift home from the police station following his arrest on suspicion of rape, a tribunal has heard bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

PC Brandon Harrison, has appeared in court after being accused of using excessive force against an individual during an arrest. No photo? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Nottinghamshire Police's outgoing Chief Constable has admitted it was a "mistake" to complain to press regulator IPSO about Nottinghamshire Live's coverage in the aftermath of the June 2023 triple killing in the city nottinghampost.com/news/nottingha…

Met boss is doing 'the biggest corruption clear out in British history' A rookie took him at his word ... and was accused of being a man-eater hungry for 'black and Irish cock'. When the only thing she blew was the whistle. Here's how they hounded her out: tinyurl.com/rfsmycw3

If only more media outlets dared to expose the entrenched corruption within Professional Standards, where PSD officers actively solicit false allegations against other officers, manipulate evidence, and suppress the truth. #PoliceCorruption bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Declan Halton-Woodward, ex-ACO of @MPSSpecials, argued body searches in custody should reflect officers’ gender identity. I challenged this and DPS served me misconduct papers. Today, an ex-Met Special 'identifying as a woman' is jailed for child rape. Does the Met still agree?

Met Police officer raped and sexually assaulted child after chatting online mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/b…

Live facial recognition algorithms are well known to have problems with bias, particularly with ethnic minorities, yet the Government and police forces keep trying to push for its use despite it lacking any legislative basis or oversight. news.sky.com/story/essex-po…

UK Border Chief in Charge of Stopping Small Boats ‘Quits’ order-order.com/2026/03/20/uk-…

Essex Police pauses use of facial recognition cameras after "potential bias in the positive identification rate" trib.al/YWrbHCo

How many times have privacy campaigners said this is the case, only to be ignored? The UK is desperate to push a surveillance state by any means necessary

A year ago I warned that @EssexPoliceUK’s failure to test its facial recognition would spell disaster. Now we know it is inaccurate and biased. but 2.5 million people were scanned by this flawed tech. Deploying 1st, questions later is no way for police to work in a democracy.

Police Scotland fined £66k and reprimanded following serious data mishandling. ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/…

Trans special constable who raped victims as young as 12 and now identifies as a woman WILL be sent to a male prison trib.al/AonHNnO