# Police use facial recognition to scan one million faces in WA trial leading to 122 arrests

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-11-02T02:02:34+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/nov/02/wa-police-facial-recognition-technology-trial
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/police-use-facial-recognition-to-scan-one-million-faces-in-wa-trial-le-544f18/

Deployments of surveillance vans over five months result in nine false alerts and led officers to engage with 146 registered sex offenders Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast More than a million people have had their faces scanned in a trial of real-time facial recognition technology in Western Australia, resulting in 122 arrests and nine incorrect alerts. WA police said u

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