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full screen National Police Chief Petra Lundh in connection with a seminar in Almedalen. Archive image. Photo: Anders Wiklund/TT
National Police Chief Petra Lundh wants the police to be able to use facial recognition in real time to fight serious crimes.
Then cameras would be able to find suspicious persons, says Lundh in Ekot’s Saturday interview.
– It is not unusual that we have a picture of the likely perpetrator, but then we cannot find him or her, says Petra Lundh to Ekot.
A bill on real-time facial recognition has been ready for some time and follows the EU’s new rules on facial recognition that were voted through last summer. But it must be supplemented.
According to EU rules, it will be allowed to use facial recognition to look for people suspected of serious crimes that can lead to four years in prison or more.
When asked if a new law would mean that personal integrity is violated further, Lundh believes that the law can be temporary.
– There is nothing that prevents us from turning back legislation and other things when it becomes calmer in society. It can actually be done, says Lundh in the interview.