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>>vermon+(OP)
I don't think using the facial recognition is necessarily wrong to help identify probable suspects, but arresting someone based on a facial match algorithm is definitely going too far.

Of course really I blame the AI/ML hucksters for part of this mess who have sold us the idea of machines replacing rather than augmenting human decision making.

>>hpoe+V1
Yeah, facial recognition can be useful in law enforcement, as long as it's used responsibly. There was a man who shot people at a newspaper where I lived, and when apprehended, he refused to identify himself, and apparently their fingerprint machine wasn't working, so they used facial recognition to identify him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_Gazette_shooting

>>dx87+e5
From the wiki article and the linked news articles, the police picked him up at the scene of the crime. He also had smoke grenades (used in the attack) when they found him.

> Authorities said he was not carrying identification at the time of his arrest and was not cooperating. … an issue with the fingerprint machine ultimately made it difficult to identify the suspect, … A source said officials used facial recognition technology to confirm his identity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_Gazette_shooting#Suspe...

> Police, who arrived at the scene within a minute of the reported gunfire, apprehended a gunman found hiding under a desk in the newsroom, according to the top official in Anne Arundel County, where the attack occurred.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/heavy-pol...

This doesn't really seem like an awesome use of facial recognition to me. He was already in custody after getting picked up at the crime scene. I doubt he would have been released if facial recognition didn't exist.