FBI, Pentagon helped research facial recognition for street cameras, drones

The documents also include forms that local police officers can use to submit a photo to the FBI's Facial Analysis, Comparison and Evaluation (FACE) Services Unit, which then runs it through a facial recognition search and returns possible matches. Officers can use the form to request the photos also be run through a biometric database of foreign citizens and combatants run by the Defense Department and the passport and visa photos managed by the State Department, the documents show.