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Vendor pulled plug on NSW Police facial recognition tool
Justin Hendry
Innovation Aus
4 November 2025
https://www.innovationaus.com/vendor-pulled-plug-on-nsw-police-facial-recognition-tool/
NSW Police only stopped using a facial recognition algorithm that it had
used for more than a decade when the vendor pulled support, not because
the force acted on accuracy concerns.
In February, the country’s largest policing agency revealed the
algorithm had been deactivated within NSW Police’s PhotoTrac Suspect
Identification System (SIS), a platform used to create photographic lineups.
The Cognitec Systems algorithm had been used since 2011, with NSW Police
opting against upgrading to newer versions from the German company.
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Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA
Visiting Professorial Fellow UNSW Law & Justice
Visiting Professor in Computer Science Australian National University
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