Crime mapping in the AI era: why transparency still matters
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner It’s almost 20 years since colleagues at West Yorkshire Police…
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Sweden authorizes police use of live facial recognition
Swedish police will be allowed to use live facial recognition (LFR) in cases involving kidnapping, human trafficking, serious crimes and…
Nevada facial recognition project draws scrutiny over privacy, police oversight
The Sparks, Nevada Police Department is moving forward with a federal grant-funded facial recognition project officials say will help investigators…
Met Police tout arrests, crime drop from permanent LFR camera pilot
The London police have published the results of the UK’s first permanent live facial recognition (LFR) test: During the six-month…
Massachusetts police share fingerprint data with ICE despite limits, report says
A new report from Citizens for Juvenile Justice (CJJ) says Massachusetts police departments, sheriffs, courts, and other justice system actors…
Tighter policies lead to fewer facial recognition searches for Detroit police
Police use of facial recognition technology continues to be an issue of concern globally – and pressure to put proper…
U.S. House lawmakers move to codify DHS biometric screening abroad
U.S. Reps. Michael McCaul and Henry Cuellar, both from Texas, reintroduced the BITMAP Authorization Act, a bipartisan bill that would…
Researchers systematize palm biometrics to enable automated forensics
Palm prints are discovered at between 25 and 30 percent of all crime scenes, researchers estimate, but are rarely used…
US woman jailed 5 months after facial recognition mismatch, lax police work
In the dystopian nightmare scenario imagined by opponents of facial recognition technology, an innocent person sitting at home might find…
Scottish Biometrics Commissioner reviews fingerprinting in policing
Police in Scotland may be failing to fingerprint more than 12,000 a year due to inadequate operational practices and a…
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