On Thursday, officials in the UK pledged to roll out a country-wide facial recognition system to help police track down criminals. There’s just one tiny wrinkle: the AI facial recognition cameras have a tendency to misidentify non-white people. Each of these vans is hooked into a police watchlist, and is outfitted with AI-powered facial recognition cameras on the roof. Still, given that ministers had already pledged to dramatically expand the facial recognition technology, it’s unclear how highly public opinion will factor into the rollout. “The racial bias in these stats shows the damaging real-life impacts of letting police use facial recognition without proper safeguards in place,” said Charlie Whelton, a policy and campaigns officer with the advocacy group Liberty.