Item · Surveillance & Privacy · safety vs. being watched

Should police use live facial recognition in public spaces?

A city police department is considering live facial-recognition scanning of people in public spaces.

A2

The five positions

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1

Yes, citywide and continuous: public spaces carry no expectation of anonymity.

2

Yes, for serious-crime watchlists only, with judicial oversight and published error rates.

3

Only time-boxed deployments for specific events or threats, publicly disclosed afterwards.

4

Only retrospective use in investigations under warrant: never live scanning.

5

Ban it: chilling effects on assembly and protest outweigh policing gains.

1 · most permissive5 · most restrictive

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