This paper assesses use of EvoFIT facial composites by police practitioners in the UK and overseas. Results reveal that this composite system is used extensively: a total of 2,440 times since September 2013. With a suspect identification rate of 60% and a conviction rate of 17%, the impact of this forensic technique is appreciable for helping the police to identify and convict offenders. It was also found that empirically-driven enhancement techniques were used frequently by police practitioners-including use of detailed context reinstatement and holistic techniques during interview, asking the witness to focus on the eye-region during construction, or presenting a stretched image for identification. Research evaluating EvoFIT composites published by police in the media also reveals that composites were deployed almost exclusively for serious offences, and most often for sexual crimes. In addition, the vast majority were of male offenders, in their early 30's; victims were female (aged mid 20's to mid 30's). A similar outcome was observed for composites published from another recognition system, EFIT-V / 6. Although this overall exercise revealed that EvoFIT composites were sometimes presented to the public in an optimal, stretched fashion, it was also apparent that a worrying number of composites were presented in a way that did not faithfully represent the constructed image, specifically, with the external features cropped.