Facial Recognition Use Limited by Detroit Cops Due to Settlement

The Detroit Police Department agreed to change how it uses facial recognition technology as part of a settlement for a wrongful arrest and imprisonment lawsuit filed by a Black man.

Officers won’t be able to arrest people only based on results from the technology or on the outcome of showing witnesses photo lineups directly after a facial recognition search, according to a news release from the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan and other attorneys representing plaintiff Robert Williams in the federal suit. Officers also will be barred from putting together lineups based only on a lead from the technology, ...