> "Police officers’ efforts to skirt these bans have not been previously reported and highlight the challenge of reining in police use of facial recognition."

> "Police officers’ efforts to skirt these bans have not been previously reported and highlight the challenge of reining in police use of facial recognition." NO! They highlight a systemic issue in the US. Where day to day corruption and cutting corners is a sport. Where much of the population celebrates these forms of "ingenuity" (whether they agreed with the bans in the first place or not.) Even the press - like in this case - considers this minor matters: worth an article on someone's resume but not much more. Sometimes a whole series of such articles (see NSA affairs) - but again not much more. See also "parallel construction" See also private groups such as associations of chiefs of police, sheriffs, etc. On the matter of "sport", perhaps that's because it is: US education celebrates winning at sports, by hook or by crook. And guess which fields favor jocks?