During her speech, Dick emphasized the importance of adopting modern technologies to effectively combat crime in the United Kingdom. Met Commissioner Dick challenged the arguments of opponents of police facial recognition technology, describing them as either “highly inaccurate or highly ill-informed.” Her statement ignited backlash from critics who argue that Dick herself is overlooking an independent study which claims the technology's success rate is as low as 19 percent. “Critics need to justify to crime victims why law enforcement shouldn’t utilize technology legally and proportionately to apprehend offenders,” Dick c