It is understood that the Minister will also today seek approval to draft a new Bill on Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) to help Gardaí investigate serious crimes which are subject to a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
MINISTER FOR JUSTICE Helen McEntee is expected to inform the Government today that An Garda Siochana is to immediately begin the process of procuring bodycams for frontline Gardai.
The decision to deal with FRT in separate legislation from that dealing with bodycams follows resistance from the Green Party, which has civil liberties concerns about the technology.Under the new Garda Síochána Bill 2023, FRT would only be used retrospectively to search images – current performed manually – which are already legally in the possession of An Garda Siochana.
McEntee first proposed the use of FRT last year following discussions with the Garda Commissioner, who has said that it is a requirement to ensure that Gardaí have the tools they need to tackle and prevent crime. Bodycams are already employed by police forces in countries around the world, including in the US, UK, Canada, China, Northern Ireland and France among others. They have proved to be instrumental in investigations of police misconduct, most notably in cases of police brutality in the United States.
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