31 July 2025, 15:55

By Madeleine Stone

The threat of workers being replaced by technology is a spectre looming over many industries, with seemingly daily reports that everyone from teachers to coders could one day soon be replaced by an algorithm.

It seems even Met Police officers aren’t safe, as today the force announced swathes of job cuts, while simultaneously doubling its investment in live facial recognition technology.

Instead of bobbies on the beat who know their local area and have grafted to build trust with the communities who live there, Londoners will be faced with a camera and an algorithm. Live facial recognition cameras scan every passer-by, treating them as potential criminals who must be subjected to a police biometric identity check as they walk down their high streets.

The police officers still employed by the Met........

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