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Push for more access in digital crime-fighting age
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PerthNow
One state could combat identity theft by joining a national database of licence facial images.
(Aaron Bunch/AAP PHOTOS)One state could combat identity theft by joining a national database of licence facial images.
Police would also have new powers to force individuals to provide access to phones and devices suspected to be associated with organised crime and access to unredacted images from toll cameras.
NSW would join Western Australia and South Australia in connecting to the Commonwealth-operated, National Driver Licence Facial Recognition Solution.
Another change would be easier and faster access to phones for police investigating suspected organised crime under a new a new Digital Evidence Access Order.