How facial recognition became a routine policing tool in America.
In southwestern Ohio, officers are dumping images from Crime Stoppers alerts into their newly acquired facial recognition system and solving all sorts of property crimes.
“When I don’t know who a person is, I have more options available to me if they don’t want to tell me,” Gaffney said.Few local law enforcement agencies talk openly about how they use facial recognition. Among the exceptions is the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, which allowed investigators to describe how the technology has fit into their routine casework.
The images are uploaded into software called Lumen, sold by Numerica Corp., a defense and law enforcement contractor. An algorithm compares them to a database of mugshots and booking photos shared by law enforcement agencies across the Denver region. “The facial recognition identification is just an investigative lead. It doesn’t establish probable cause to make an arrest,” said Rick Sheets, an Arapahoe County investigator who specializes in property crimes.
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