Facewatch

Facewatch is a retail crime prevention service built on facial recognition. It checks people at the door of a shop in real time and flags those who have offended before, giving shop staff a warning before trouble starts.

What Facewatch offers

• Offender identification — facial recognition matches customers against known previous offenders as they arrive.
• Local alerts — subscribers nearby are told when a person of interest is active in their area.
• Door-level checks — screening that happens at the entrance rather than after an incident.

Who it works with

Retailers who want to reduce theft and other crime in their stores. The service works as a subscription shared among local retailers, so an alert in one place can warn others close by.