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NOPD quietly abusing facial recognition
Posted on 5/19/25 at 6:38 pm
Posted on 5/19/25 at 6:38 pm
El Reg
And yet the argument from the authoritarians would be that if the system were still in use (improperly) the escapees would be caught, I'm sure.
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In 2022, the Big Easy's city government relaxed its ban on the use of facial recognition technology. It could be used to investigate violent crimes, but had to be checked by a human operator before action was taken.
But an investigation published Monday by the Washington Post found that within a year, police were quietly receiving continuous real-time facial recognition alerts from a privately operated camera network. These alerts came from cameras managed by nonprofit Project NOLA, which runs a sprawling, privately funded surveillance network across the city, the report says.
Project NOLA claims access to more than 5,000 camera feeds in the New Orleans area, with over 200 equipped for facial recognition. The system compares faces against a privately compiled database of more than 30,000 individuals, assembled partly from police mugshots. When a match is detected, officers receive a mobile phone alert with the person's identity and location, according to the report.
The police were required to notify the city council each time they used facial recognition technology in an investigation or arrest, but reportedly failed to do so. In multiple cases, police reports omitted any mention of the technology,
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In 2022, Randall Reid was arrested in Georgia after Louisiana deputies used Clearview AI to match his driver's license photo to surveillance footage from a purse theft, despite his claim that he had never been to the state. He spent six days in jail, incurred thousands in legal fees, and in 2023 filed a federal lawsuit alleging wrongful arrest based solely on a facial recognition match.
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New Orleans was no exception, banning the tech in 2020. But the 2022 ruling relaxed the rules slightly to allow its use via the Louisiana Fusion Center, which aggregates data from police across the state.
At the time, police assured city officials the technology would only be used as a last resort after other identification methods failed
And yet the argument from the authoritarians would be that if the system were still in use (improperly) the escapees would be caught, I'm sure.
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Posted on 5/19/25 at 6:44 pm to LemmyLives
NOLA such a shite hole they should probably have security check points just entering and leaving the city
Posted on 5/19/25 at 6:46 pm to LemmyLives
facial recognition fails when all the perps look the same
Posted on 5/19/25 at 6:56 pm to LemmyLives
Don't be committing crimes in Ruston. I have been informed the city, and the parish, have lots of cameras out there.
Posted on 5/19/25 at 6:58 pm to UltimaParadox
I was surprised JPSO or state police weren’t sitting at the Airline/Tulane flyover exit all weekend. And at various interstate exits along the way. It’s been a very low to none police presence. Haven’t seen any downtown.
Posted on 5/19/25 at 7:02 pm to LemmyLives
Good.
Posted on 5/19/25 at 7:17 pm to LemmyLives
They must be using it wrong.
Looking at good looking women instead of, you know, capturing dangerous criminals.
Looking at good looking women instead of, you know, capturing dangerous criminals.
This post was edited on 5/19/25 at 7:22 pm
Posted on 5/19/25 at 7:26 pm to LemmyLives
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that if the system were still in use (improperly) the escapees would be caught
Finding ecsaped prisoners would be a good use of the tech. Arresting a guy in GA who has never been to LA is not.
Posted on 5/19/25 at 7:28 pm to LemmyLives
Am I missing something? What’s the problem?
Posted on 5/19/25 at 8:20 pm to This GUN for HIRE
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Finding ecsaped prisoners would be a good use of the tech.
They found two and captured one in the French Quarter using this technology.
Posted on 5/19/25 at 8:25 pm to LemmyLives
"Abusing" - nonsense. Project NOLA, not the cops, ran the project. They gave their information to the police. How's that different from you calling a detective if you have information about a murder?
The objections to this remind me of the objections to shotspotter in Chicago. The real problem people had with it is that it helped solve crime. Boo hoo, losers and pretend "privacy" activists. There's no privacy in you being in public. Anybody can take a picture of you or recognize you.
Ironically this expose of "abuse" happens after the technology was apparently used to help capture at least one of the escaped criminals from the jail in Orleans.
The objections to this remind me of the objections to shotspotter in Chicago. The real problem people had with it is that it helped solve crime. Boo hoo, losers and pretend "privacy" activists. There's no privacy in you being in public. Anybody can take a picture of you or recognize you.
Ironically this expose of "abuse" happens after the technology was apparently used to help capture at least one of the escaped criminals from the jail in Orleans.
Posted on 5/19/25 at 8:35 pm to LemmyLives
Yes, too much law enforcement is my concern in NOLA
Posted on 5/19/25 at 8:37 pm to limnalspace23
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The objections to this remind me of
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In 2022, Randall Reid was arrested in Georgia after Louisiana deputies used Clearview AI to match his driver's license photo to surveillance footage from a purse theft, despite his claim that he had never been to the state. He spent six days in jail, incurred thousands in legal fees, and in 2023 filed a federal lawsuit alleging wrongful arrest based solely on a facial recognition match.
May that boot find you trying to peacefully sleep at 3am.
Posted on 5/19/25 at 8:40 pm to LemmyLives
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In 2022, Randall Reid was arrested in Georgia after Louisiana deputies used Clearview AI to match his driver's license photo to surveillance footage from a purse theft, despite his claim that he had never been to the state. He spent six days in jail, incurred thousands in legal fees, and in 2023 filed a federal lawsuit alleging wrongful arrest based solely on a facial recognition match.
This is the ACLU at its finest. According to dudes attorney, the camera system spit out three names as possible suspects and his client was one of them. The dumb frick cop then issues a warrant for his client with (allegedly), no other supporting evidence. If a drunken homeless person had picked out the perp from a photo lineup the dumbass cop wouldve issued the same dumbass warrant, but that wouldn't have hit the ACLU's radar.
This is 1000% human error and has nothing to do with facial recognition tech.
Posted on 5/19/25 at 9:07 pm to Stealth Matrix
oh dear. You've identified one case where a person was arrested, and you only tell half the story, because it was human error that led to the arrest.
Quick, let's put an end to all facial recognition technology, always and forever!
Quick, let's put an end to all facial recognition technology, always and forever!
Posted on 5/19/25 at 9:17 pm to Stealth Matrix
Lots of bootlickers in here.
I can’t believe anyone would question whether living in an AI panopticon is bad thing.
I can’t believe anyone would question whether living in an AI panopticon is bad thing.
Posted on 5/19/25 at 9:32 pm to cgrand
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facial recognition fails when all the perps look the same
but 
Posted on 5/19/25 at 9:48 pm to limnalspace23
Didn’t the DA drop a slew of concealed weapons cases a couple years ago after questions arose about the NOPD use of technology to pull weapons out of the crowds during mardi gras?
Posted on 5/19/25 at 9:53 pm to lsuconnman
Posted on 5/19/25 at 9:53 pm to ForeverEllisHugh
We already live in a digital panopticon
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