https://www.protocol.com/enterprise/new-orleans-surveillance-facial-recognition https://www.protocol.com/enterprise/new-orleans-surveillance... "NOPD will requ

https://www.protocol.com/enterprise/new-orleans-surveillance-facial-recognition https://www.protocol.com/enterprise/new-orleans-surveillance... "NOPD will request use of software licensed by the Louisiana State Analytical and Fusion Exchange, a hub for data and tech used by law enforcement agencies. To find matches and identify possible crime suspects in investigations, the NOPD can now request that the Fusion Exchange use its facial recognition software to perform searches of its database, which includes photos from criminal mugshots and of people who have been fingerprinted or passed through security clearances such as those at airports. ... Idemia makes the facial recognition software licensed by the state that NOPD will access, according to New Orleans city council staff. Headquartered in France, Idemia provides algorithmic systems that use biometric data representing fingerprints, irises, faces and tattoos for identification services used by law enforcement and government ID programs such as India’s immense Aadhaar program." Also: "During Thursday’s meeting, Marvin Arnold, a representative of New Orleans anti-surveillance tech advocacy group Eye on Surveillance, gave a presentation claiming that facial recognition is biased and racist. ... During the meeting, (New Orleans city council member Freddie King III, who voted in support of the ordinance change,) said the contention that using facial recognition is racist was a faulty one because he, the city’s police chief and some people supporting use of the technology by law enforcement are Black."