the California Assembly passed a bill that would extend a temporary ban on police use of facial recognition and biometric scanners with police officer cameras for three more years.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (May 1, 2023) – Last week, a second California Assembly committee passed a bill that would extend a temporary ban on police use of facial recognition and biometric scanners with police officer cameras for 10 more years. Asm. Lori Wilson (D) introduced Assembly Bill 1034 (AB1034) on Feb. 15. On Jan. 1, 2020, a
The legislation would ban warrantless facial recognition surveillance in Montana in most situations, and would place general limits on the use of facial recognition technology by government agencies.
Legal system reform advocates say new policing technologies such as decision-making algorithms and facial recognition can exacerbate problematic practices, making them more efficient as well as more opaque.