If the suspect is Black, the software should automatically return zero matches in 30% of cases. Problem solved.

> more likely to correctly identify men than women.

> more likely to correctly identify black participants than participants from other ethnic groups.

> AI surveillance that is experimental, untested, inaccurate or potentially biased has no place on our streets.

I wonder if they're more worried about putting too many men in prison or too many black people.

Alternative headlines:

Essex police, well aware of all the issues before using it, pause use until expected bad publicity dies down

Or

Essex police chosen as force to take some flack for the issues while other forces steam ahead