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Palmetto Bay Policing Unit: Face Recognition

Agency Palmetto Bay Policing Unit
Location Palmetto Bay, FL
Technology Face Recognition
Vendor Idemia

The Palmetto Bay Policing Unit (on contract with the Miami-Dade Police Department) is one of more than 275 law enforcement agencies with access to the Face Analysis Comparison & Examination System (FACES), a face recognition program maintained by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Investigators may upload an image to search more than 25-million Florida driver's license photos and mugshots.

More about this technology

Software that can identify or verify the identity of an individual using their face.