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Jackson council repeals 2020 ban on police use of facial-recognition technology
Summary
The Jackson City Council voted unanimously Feb. 11 to repeal an August 2020 order that prohibited the Jackson Police Department from using facial-recognition tools, after the police chief said the technology is used by state and federal partners and the mayor pledged policy safeguards.
The Jackson City Council voted unanimously on Feb. 11 to repeal an August 8, 2020 order that prohibited the Jackson Police Department from using facial-recognition technology.
The move, approved during a City Council meeting in Council Chambers, followed a briefing from Police Chief Joseph Wade, who described the technology as an investigative tool used by state and federal agencies and said it would be deployed only as part of corroborated investigations.
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