Police dodge questions about facial recognition technology use - accused of taking photos of innocent youth 10 Mar, 2021 09:24 PM 4 minutes to read RNZ revealed police are approaching innocent young people, photographing them, collecting their personal details and sending it all to a national database. Photo / File RNZ revealed police are approaching innocent young people, photographing them, collecting their personal details and sending it all to a national database. Photo / File RNZ There are growing suspicions facial recognition technology is being used on police photographs of innocent young people. Earlier this week, RNZ revealed police are approaching innocent young people, photographing them, collecting their personal details and sending it all to a national database called National Intelligence Application (NIA).