South Carolina Law Enforcement Division: Face Recognition

Back of man's head looking at computer monitor displaying face recognition software matching an image of a man's face — An Arizona Department of Transportation employee uses NEC face recognition software.
Credit: Arizona Department of Transportation

Agency	South Carolina Law Enforcement Division
Location	Columbia, SC
Technology	Face Recognition
Vendor

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division maintains a database containing driver’s license photos, mugshots, and probation photos, and responds to FBI queries to search this database. However, some local law enforcement agencies can reportedly run direct queries through a separate face recognition system.

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Nonprofit report (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
Government information (Government Accountability Office)
Public records (South Carolina Law Enforcement Division)

More about this technology

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