Facial Recognition Technology 94/2025

FOI Reference: 94/2025

Request:

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act for information regarding your force’s use of Facial Recognition Technology, Retrospective Facial Recognition and the Police National Database (PND). Please provide the following information about your force’s use of Facial Recognition Technology, Retrospective Facial Recognition and the Police National Database (PND) for the periods between January 2024 and today’s date;

1. The processes (if any) undertaken by your force when using the Police National Database's face search capability to identify children (minors under the age of 18).
2. If there is a Child Rights Impact Assessment for the use of:

The Police National Database (PND)

Facial Recognition Technology

Retrospective Facial Recognition Technology

3. The number of times Facial Recognition Technology, Retrospective Facial Recognition Technology and/or the Police National Database were used to identify children (minors under the age of 18).
4. The following information about each search:

date

reason for search

officer defined ethnicity

self-defined ethnicity

gender of the person searched

age of person searched

response (i.e., whether the search returned a record and led to an arrest)

5. Are CCTV images used during facial recognition checks which utilise the PND? If so, please share the number of times CCTV images were used for facial recognition checks
6. Are CCTV images and footage retained on the Force Video management system, including those which depict children under the age of 16 and under the age of 18?
7. Are images or data from facial recognition searches (in particular of minors under the age of 18) shared with other agencies or private organisations? If so, under what conditions?
8. If your force does not currently use Facial Recognition Technology, retrospective Facial Recognition and/or the Police National Database (PND) please state if there are there plans to.

Response 1:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does not hold the information requested, this is due to the fact that there is no documentation relating to the specific process of identifying children.

Response 2:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does not hold the information requested, this is due to the fact that there is no Child Rights Impact Assessment for PND.

Response 3:  

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does not hold the information requested.

Response 4:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does not hold the information requested.

Response 5:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does not hold the information requested.

Response 6:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does not hold the information requested.

Response 7:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

No.

Response 8:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

Not applicable as we do use PND RFR.                                          

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 18/02/2025)