Scrutinize Facial Recognition Tech in Warrant, Ohio Court Orders

A Cleveland-area judge was ordered Thursday to take a second-look at police use of the facial-recognition technology used to support a search warrant application in a homicide investigation.

The judge on the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court who suppressed the fruits of the warrant another jurist signed to search an apartment didn’t properly state the reasons for his decision, the Ohio Court of Appeals, Eighth District said.

A Cleveland police homicide detective used Clearview AI facial-recognition software to help identify a suspect in an investigation but didn’t detail in the warrant application how it was used and related caveats. ...