Mike Neville

Articles by: Mike Neville

Using human super recognisers to fight crime

16th March 2022

Mike Neville, CEO, Super Recognisers International

ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: Super Recognisers are humans with an amazing ability to remember faces and recall names. All law enforcement agencies have such people – they just need to be found, trained in tactics and used to identify more suspects or missing persons in a systematic manner. Former Met Police DCI Mike Neville, now CEO of Super Recognisers International Ltd, explains how this untapped resource can help turn the tide of low detection rates within police forces.

A face in the crowd: How super recognisers can be a vital investigative resource

24th April 2018

Mike Neville, CEO, Super Recognisers International

Opinion: CCTV technology has been in place for many years now so why the need for super recognisers? Former DCI and now CEO of Super Recognisers International Mike Neville explains how super recognisers add value to CCTV imagery, linking crimes and even identifying terror suspects.

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Mike Neville MCSFS is the Chief Executive Officer of Super Recognisers International Ltd and the Managing Director of Neville Forensic Recognition Ltd. He began his policing career with the Royal Military Police in 1983. He then joined the Metropolitan Police and at New Scotland Yard established himself as the Detective Chief Inspector in charge of solving crimes with CCTV and other forensic images – his systems and processes resulted in images solving more crimes than fingerprints and DNA. He also set up the world’s first “Super Recogniser Unit” using officers with fantastic, innate, face memory skills to identify offenders and link crimes by the images. As a result, he was called onto assist enquiries all over the world including the Cologne New Year’s Eve sex attacks, a murder in Australia and the Hillsborough Enquiry. In 2016, he solved a series of crimes using logo recognition software – another world first. According to one Police and Crime Commissioner, Mike has solved more crimes with CCTV than any other detective. Having retired from the Met in 2017, Mike works closely with academic partners to further develop the Super Recogniser tactic for the private sector. He now offers his expertise to security companies, law enforcement agencies, local authorities, businesses, software developers and universities. He firmly believes that super recognisers can help to make venues safer, secure our borders and prevent crime. He is the only member of the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences, who is an expert on Super Recognisers.