London's Metropolitan Police is trialing new retail technology to help curtail the city's pervasive shoplifting problem… and it doesn't rely on live facial recognition (LFR).

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The Met describes the technology as a platform that retail stores can use to report incidents of shoplifting "instantly," sharing CCTV footage alongside the report.

"This gives officers immediate access to high‑quality evidence at the point of reporting and helps identify repeat offenders operating across boroughs," the Met's announcement states.

The pilot program kicked off in January, honing in on stores in Lewisham and central London, and has seen "positive outcome rates" well above the force's average.

These are defined as arrests, charges, or convictions.…