Orlando PD Testing Amazon’s Live Video Facial Recognition Program
Until now, U.S. law enforcement has used facial recognition primarily for comparing still photos with mugshots from a database — that is until the ACLU discovered that the Orlando Police Department is testing Amazon’s facial recognition system “Rekognition.”
According to an NPR article, the ACLU noticed law enforcement customers were mentioned in Amazon’s marketing of the service and filed public records requests for Amazon’s communications with Orlando and another Rekognition customer, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office near Portland.