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Stopping shoplifters with facial-recognition technology and a smile

11/19/2015 12:24 pm PST
KTVI
KTVI - "If we recognize them as a suspicious character, we follow them around and we sort of hound them out of the store."

via KTVI:

ST. LOUIS -- (KTVI) -- You're paying for other people to steal and it's costing billions. Now a retired police major thinks he has a unique way to fight it, facial recognition technology that could help store managers stop shoplifters with a smile.

Retailer Christopher Thau says, “The holiday season is the worst, when we have the crowds. You know it's the season of receiving, giving and shoplifting.”

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