Hammersmith and Fulham Council is investing £3.2 million over the next three years to upgrade its CCTV network with artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. This investment, as detailed in the Public reports pack from Monday's Policy and Oversight Board meeting, aims to enhance public safety and enforcement.

The upgrade seeks to improve the speed, accuracy, and evidence collection of recordings through both live and retrospective facial recognition, object, and behavioural analytics. The council hopes this will improve public safety and enforcement.

To ensure responsible decision-making, all AI tools are embedded with human oversight and reviewed by the Ethics board, according to the Update on AI Governance and Adoption.