Should Police Bodycams Come With Facial Recognition Software?

And what kinds of accused offenders could this facial recognition trawl for? It's one thing to set body cameras to identify wanted violent offenders that come into view of body cameras; it's another to scan the streets for those accused of petty offenses. Many cities have sizable numbers of active arrest warrants for minor crimes. A judge has since withdrawn thousands.) Facial recognition software could give police officers unprecedented abilities to exercise "arrest at will" authority over a large proportion of the population. It's not hard to imagine how, without curbs on its use, police could abuse this power against protesters, minorities, or others an individual officer could have bias against.