Los Angeles Police Uses Facial Recognition Software
| Los Angeles Police Uses Facial Recognition Software | |
|---|---|
| Short Title | Los Angeles Police Runs Images of Suspects Through Facial Recognition Software |
| Location | Los Angeles |
| Date | October 2020 |
| Solove Harm | Surveillance, Identification |
| Information | Physical Characteristics, Criminal, Identifying |
| Threat Actors | Law Enforcement |
| Individuals | |
| Affected | People in public, suspects |
| High Risk Groups | Suspect |
| Tangible Harms | |
Despite multiple denials in the past Los Angeles law enforcement confirms that they have been using facial recognition software on a regular basis.
Description
In 2020 the LA Times has discovered, thanks to public records that the LAPD stopped withholding, that the Los Angeles Police Department has used facial recognition software nearly 30,000 times since 2009, with hundreds of officers running images of suspects from Surveillance cameras and other sources against a massive database of mug shots taken by law enforcement.Identification
The LAPD flatly denied using the tech as recently as 2019.
Breakdown
Threat: Law enforcement watching people with in public through cameras
At-Risk group: people in public
Harm: Surveillance
Secondary Consequences:not known
Threat: Law enforcement running pictures from public cameras through a facial recognition database to recognise the individuals
At-Risk group: people in public
Harm: Identification
Secondary Consequences:not known