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Aurora advances police plan to use facial-recognition software with vendor oversight and human review
Summary
Aurora City Council on Oct. 6 moved forward a proposal by Aurora Police to use facial-recognition technology for investigations, after staff outlined policy limits, training plans and vendor choices and council members raised privacy and false‑positive concerns.
Aurora City Council on Oct. 6 advanced a police request to use facial‑recognition software as an investigative tool, with staff presenting a draft policy, vendor accountability reports and proposed training.
Aurora Police Commander Pope told council the department is seeking council approval after a 2022 state law set conditions for local use. ‘‘We need to file with our reporting authority, which for the city is city council, and seek approval from city council to use the technology,’’ Pope said, summarizing statutory steps and the requirement for public review and vendor accountability reports. He said the department would hold three public meetings and post materials on the city website as required by state law.
The department proposed using two vendors and an algorithm vendor: Lumen (to search law‑enforcement mugshot libraries), ClearView AI (to search publicly available internet images), and…
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