The police can already ask any individual to produce their identification. What they are wearing doesn't matter. If the person is wearing a niqab, a female offi

The police can already ask any individual to produce their identification. What they are wearing doesn't matter. If the person is wearing a niqab, a female officer can privately verify her face matches her ID photograph. It seems to me that the demand for 'public recognizability' is really a demand for effective mass surveillance. It's not about being able to verify identity, it's about being able to monitor and track large numbers of people via camera and facial recognition. It makes sense that the police would want this, as they want their jobs to be easier. But the police should not get to dictate the law.