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As part of a legal settlement, the Detroit Police Department agreed to new guidelines limiting how it can use facial recognition technology.
these New Policy It prohibits police from arresting people solely based on the results of a facial recognition search or a mugshot sweep conducted immediately following a facial recognition search, and provides that a mugshot sweep cannot be based solely on facial recognition, but instead requires additional evidence linking a suspect to a crime.
The policy, which could be enforced by the courts over the next four years, also mandates police training on the risks and dangers of facial recognition technology and audits of all cases since 2017 in which facial recognition was used to obtain arrest warrants.
Roger Williams, a black man who was identified and arrested using facial recognition technology, filed a lawsuit against the police and was represented by lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union and the University of Michigan Law School’s Civil Rights Litigation Initiative.
in announcement The ACLU called the settlement “the strongest police department policies and practices in the nation limiting police use of this dangerous technology,” and noted that women and people of color are “disproportionately more likely to be misidentified by facial recognition technology.”
“As this painful chapter in our lives comes to a close, my wife and I will continue to raise awareness about the dangers of this technology,” Williams said in a statement.
He reportedly Spent 30 hours in jail He was mistaken for a man seen on security camera stealing five watches from a downtown Detroit store, and a facial recognition search of his driver’s license photo turned up a match against his face in a database of face and license photos, which the security company that provided the footage confirmed was the closest match, leading to his arrest.
Prosecutors later dropped the charges. Police also announced they would pay Williams $300,000 as part of the settlement.
The police department said in a statement that it has been “pleased with our collaboration with the ACLU and the University of Michigan over the past year and a half,” adding that it is confident the new policy “will serve as a national best practice and model for other agencies using this technology.”
Cities including San Francisco have banned the use of facial recognition by law enforcement, and Microsoft recently banned police from using AI technology for facial recognition.