The rise of interest in facial recognition comes as thinning police agencies lean on a proliferation of linked public cameras to fight crime, and as the algorithms improve. — Image by macrovector on Freepik
Technology has given police vast reach to compare the faces of criminal suspects against a trove of mug shots, driver's licenses, and even selfies plucked from social media.
But a recent attempt by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office to nab a high-end purse thief via facial recognition ended badly for a Georgia man who was jailed for almost a week over a false match, his lawyer says.
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