Facial recognition remains extremely controversial. Approximately 46% of US adults think widespread use of the technology by police would be good for society, while 27% think it's a bad idea, according to Pew Research. Despite criticism, Kansas City is pushing ahead with plans to install facial recognition on its buses. According to the Associated Press, images captured by onboard cameras will be cross-referenced against facial scans if there is an active alert from police, including databases of banned riders or missing persons. Routine video footage will be retained for up to five years, while non-matching face data will not be stored continuously. The cameras will be operated by SafeSpace Global, a Knoxville, Tennessee-based company that has previously operated facial recognition cameras in nursing homes. "It's not sitting there filming all the time," SafeSpace Global CEO Scott Boruff told AP. "It just captures the face and goes away." Outside observers have criticized the move. Will Owen, communications director for the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, told AP that Kansas City residents shouldn't be "guinea pigs for transit systems to test Silicon Valley's latest unproven, biased surveillance tech." Tyler Means, chief mobility and strategy officer at the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, told AP he expected the cameras to roll out this year. The cameras had been slated for installation ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, but have been delayed due to technical issues and the state of Missouri withdrawing funding over privacy concerns. Last year, leaked emails revealed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers used a facial-recognition app on the streets to identify and detain people, with no way for people to object to having their image uploaded to a database. There are also issues with accuracy. In 2020, Robert Williams, a Black man, was mistakenly arrested in Detroit due