NZ Police has enlisted the services of an American company to design a "state of the art" facial recognition system. READ MORE:* San Francisco set to stop police using 'creepy' facial recognition technology amid backlash* Big brother is watching: Do you care? * Police eyeing up newer, smarter CCTV facial recognition technology* The fraught age of facial recognition techA trove of documents obtained under the Official Information Act show it will offer advanced capabilities. They include automatic facial recognition technology capable of searching stills from CCTV against a database of faces held by police. Other concerns about facial recognition technology is that it more frequently mis-identified people with dark skin.

Source: Stuff December 05, 2019 04:52 UTC