Image Recognition
The Detroit Police Department is pursuing policy changes to its facial recognition policy in the wake of a woman's federal lawsuit alleging she was arrested at eight months pregnant based on "an unreliable" hit, the police chief said Wednesday. "In the warrant affidavit, Detective Oliver omitted the fact that (Woodruff's) facial recognition was eight years old, and (Woodruff's) recent driver's license photo was available," the suit said. The reason for that is facial recognition is picking up measurements on a face, identifying who this could be," White said. Assistant Chief David LeValley said the department also has reviewed all of its facial recognition arrests in the last year and a half. The Detroit City Council approved DPD's use of the technology in September 2020, but its use of facial recognition software has been marked by controversy.