Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles: Face Recognition
| Agency | Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles |
| Location | Pagosa Springs, CO |
| Technology | Face Recognition |
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Colorado’s Division of Motor Vehicles responds to face recognition requests from law enforcement for cases “which include national security violations, homicide, kidnapping, sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, threats of bodily harm, extortion or threat to injure a person, sex offenses, cruelty toward children or spouse, resisting an officer and weapons.”
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More about this technology
Face recognition is a method of identifying or verifying the identity of an individual using their face. Face recognition systems can be used to identify people in photos, video, or in real-time. Law enforcement may also use mobile face recognition devices to identify people during police stops.