BrazilPublic sector2019 – ongoingMilitary Police of Rio de Janeiro
Copacabana facial recognition for locating wanted people
Rio's facial recognition system led police to take an innocent woman to a station
Problem
Police used street cameras to identify people wanted by the authorities.
Approach
A camera in Copacabana flagged a woman as a wanted person. Officers took her to a police station because she lacked identification, then released her after relatives established her identity. The person on the watchlist was already imprisoned, and police said they would request database improvements.
Results
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Takeaway
The incident involved both a mistaken match and an outdated watchlist. Relatives had to establish the woman's identity before she was released.
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Sources
Source summaries
Correio reported a mistaken identification that led to an innocent woman being taken to a police station. The wanted person had been imprisoned since 2015; police said they would seek improvements to the database.
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