Utah Department of Public Safety: Face Recognition

Agency	Utah Department of Public Safety
Location	Salt Lake City, UT
Technology	Face Recognition
Vendor

The Utah Department of Public Safety (DPS) responds to requests from the FBI, law enforcement, and other government agencies that can provide an official case or report number in order to run face recognition queries on their repository, which consists of mugshots, corrections photos, and drivers licenses. A list of agency requests made during 2017 includes Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Department of Homeland Security, various state Fusion Centers, state Secret Service agencies, and the United States Office of National Drug Control Policy.

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More about this technology

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