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Jul 15, 2024 · The Detroit Police Department’s new face recognition rules are among the strictest restrictions adopted anywhere in the country—short of the full bans on the technology passed by San Francisco, Boston, and at least 15 other municipalities. Detroit’s new regulations are an important step in the right direction, but only a full ban on government use of face recognition can fully protect ...
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Detroit last year reported itslowest number of homicides in more than 50 years (261 in 2018), but its murder rate is still twice as high as Chicago’sand more than 10 times higher than New York City’s. As Craig sees it, the police need every tool available to make the city safer. He says the technology he’s put into place in recent years, including ...
The early adopters of Project Green Light had no reason to think the images gathered on their cameras would be analyzed with facial recognition software. It wasn’t until 2017 that the police department spent just over $1 million to purchase the powerful software, called FACE Watch Plus, made by DataWorks Plus, which gives police the ability to scan...
When Detroit’s police have used facial recognition technology, they’ve gotten a match about a third of the time, and some of those cases have led to arrests, Craig said. That includes charges filed in June in a triple homicide in which a shooter wearing a mask opened fire at a house party, killing two gay men and a transgender woman. The accused sh...
Jun 28, 2024 · Mayor said the way Detroit Police have used facial recognition images in photo line-ups is a particular problem. He said the technology usually comes up with an image that bears at least some resemblance to the real suspect, which often leads to witness misidentification.
Jun 29, 2024 · The Detroit Police Department arrested three people after bad facial recognition matches, a national record. But it’s adopting new policies that even the A.C.L.U. endorses.
Jul 20, 2024 · The Detroit police will now go back and look at all cases between 2017 and 2023 in which facial recognition was used and will notify a prosecutor if an arrest was made without evidence independent ...
Jun 29, 2024 · 0:14. The Detroit Police Department revised its policies on how it uses facial recognition software to solve crimes as part of a federal settlement with a man who was wrongfully arrested for theft ...
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Jun 30, 2024 · The Detroit Police Department can no longer use facial recognition results as its only basis for an arrest. The new rule comes after the city reached a settlement this week with a Black man who ...
