News Summary

• Suffolk Constabulary borrowing van and equipment from Surrey Police.
• Technology will be used in Bury St Edmunds, Lowestoft and Ipswich.
• It compares live camera feeds of the faces of passers-by with a police watch list.
• Images of anyone not on the list are immediately deleted, the force said.
• Anyone matched to the database would have their identity confirmed before action was taken, it said.
• "It's an effective way of finding people we want to speak to and keeping the public safe," said Sgt Anthony Welford.