BBC News: Met Police to keep using facial recognition on prolific shoplifters
Rob Blackie criticises plans to use facial recognition technology to catch shoplifters in London.

Rob Blackie criticises plans to use facial recognition technology to catch shoplifters in London.
Rob comments on shocking statistics which reveal the Met's slow response times.
Rob Blackie has accused Sadiq Khan of “suppressing” the findings of the Drugs Commission, following reports that it will now not report back until the end of 2024.
Liberal Democrat, Rob Blackie, tells Jumoké from BBC Sounds why he is running for Mayor of London.
Rob Blackie accuses the Met of "absurd, twisted priorities" and "wasting time searching people for cannabis".
Rob Blackie pledges to fund applications for citizenship and sue the Home Office to secure permanent status for non-British Londoners.
In an interview with LBC's Ben Kentish, Rob talks about the government's bonkers plan to ban laughing gas and how this policy will waste 10,000s hours of valuable police time.
The BBC explores the Lib Dem's bid to allow Londoners to make retrospective Ulez scrappage applications
Speaking to The Standard, Rob Blackie talks about the need to make Ulez more fair, and more targeted.
Asking residents what matters to them has long been a central component of winning Lib Dem campaigns - and rightly so as voters expect real action from their representatives. This works at every…