An Interactive Computer System for Retrieving Faces

The evidence of eyewitnesses plays an important role in the work of the police and security services. The use of identification parades and mug-shot albums is an integral part of the investigative aspect of police work, while the evidence of eyewitnesses often forms a major part of the prosecution’s case. It is therefore not surprising that for many years police forces have tried to improve the efficiency of methods of obtaining identification evidence from eyewitnesses.