Paul Garrard emphasized that while Co-op Group does not employ LFR for immediate shoplifting detection, they compile an 'evidence pack' for police, integrating CCTV and body-worn camera footage to enhance evidence quality for theft reporting. He advocates for the automation of checking this footage against the Police National Database, suggesting its potential benefit which has already been evidenced in South Wales, where such practices have yielded positive results in identifying offenders.
The House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee's inquiry into tackling retail crime reveals that live facial recognition technology raises crucial safety and ethical concerns. Retailers prefer using retrospective facial recognition after an incident, suggesting that working closely with police forces to analyze evidence is a more promising and less controversial approach than real-time surveillance efforts, which might lead to privacy violations and community distrust.
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