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  • Arizona ACLU chapter opposes linking video, facial ID software

    10/13/2006 4:59:17 PM PDT · by SandRat · 13 replies · 355+ views
    PHOENIX -- A new state program to link video cameras with facial-identification software is causing some alarm. Alessander Meetze, director of the Arizona chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, said the program, unveiled this week by Gov. Janet Napolitano, is unnecessary intrusion into individual privacy of people who are guilty of nothing but walking or driving in public places. That assessment is disputed by Napolitano. She said the system is designed to help find terrorists and other "people of interest." Anyway, the governor said, many cities and government agencies already have cameras which are monitored. All this program does,...
  • School face scanner to search for sex offenders; Civil rights groups raise concerns

    12/13/2003 10:03:09 AM PST · by Clint Williams · 9 replies · 274+ views
    CNN.com ^ | Friday, December 12, 2003 | No Name Given
    PHOENIX, Arizona (AP) -- Face-scanning technology designed to recognize registered sex offenders and missing children has been installed in a Phoenix school in a pilot project that some law enforcement and education officials hope to expand. Two cameras, which are expected to be operational next week, will scan faces of people who enter the office at Royal Palm Middle School. They are linked to state and national databases of sex offenders, missing children and alleged abductors. An officer will be dispatched to the school in the event of a possible match, said Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. "If it works...