New York Police Department: Face Recognition

Agency	New York Police Department
Location	New York City, NY
Technology	Face Recognition
Vendor	Idemia, Dataworks Plus

The New York City Police Department has been using face recognition since 2011 and updated its policies most recently in 2020. According to the NYPD, in 2019 the Facial Identification Section received 9,850 requests for comparison and identified 2,510 possible matches.

Links
Government information (NYPD)
Academic Report (Georgetown Law)
News article (New York Post)
Other (www1.nyc.gov)
Other (www1.nyc.gov)

More about this technology

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