Police Use of Facial Recognition Software Causes Wrongful Arrests Without Defendant Knowledge
Date: 2024-10-06
Affected: Arvada Pd, Clearview Ai, Coral Springs Pd, Evansville Pd, Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office, Miami Pd, Nypd, Pflugerville Pd, Police Departments, West New York Pd
Attack vector: privacy-violation
Category: real-world
Severity: Medium

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #815: Police Use of Facial Recognition Software Causes Wrongful Arrests Without Defendant Knowledge. Alleged deployer/developer: Arvada Pd, Clearview Ai, Coral Springs Pd, Evansville Pd, Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office, Miami Pd, Nypd, Pflugerville Pd, Police Departments, West New York Pd. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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