Police departments are not well informed at all; and they are the constant targets of manipulative, fact-free marketing. Thank gawd they can't just go out and

Police departments are not well informed at all; and they are the constant targets of manipulative, fact-free marketing. Thank gawd they can't just go out and purchase any security / surveillance technology they fancy. Typically a trial / vetting period is used to test a given system for accuracy as well as ability to integrate with existing systems, plus the over all expense of operating the system over time. This is when Rekognition falls down, because the accuracy is too wide, the system requires human operators to make up for the lack of accuracy. Then the monthly is expensive to use it is high. Plus there is a perceptual disconnect officers have with the FR system operators required to maintain Rekognition: these operators more or less become FR specialists, with salaries to match, but their actual moment to moment work is closer to a security guard, with their technological knowledge only needed for moments at a time. Police department Directors have a hard time justifying these new roles, in light of the multiple new high expenses required to use Rekognition.