Last year, the Legislature passed a police accountability bill that created better standards for police professionalization as well as stronger limitations on the use of force. It was a step forward, but there is much more to be done.
One such example? Banning Facial surveillance technologies.
Facial surveillance technologies are notoriously racist, inaccurate, and harmful. Rather than banning such practices, the bill offered only narrowly tailored regulations and created a Commission to study whether to do more.
They need to do more.
The Commission will be hearing public comment this Friday at 11 am.
Want to see stronger regulations of facial surveillance? You can sign up to give public testimony here — or submit written testimony here.
