Monday, July 6, 2015

FBI face rec leads to fugitive pedophile

FBI using facial recognition despite privacy concerns (Valley News - Fargo, ND)
For 19 years, Lynn Cozart eluded authorities after being convicted of sexually assaulting his three children.

He failed to show up for his sentencing hearing and seemed to drop off the map. So in a desperate bid to track down the Pennsylvania native, an FBI agent submitted Cozart's mug shot to the agency's newly created Next Generation Identification (NGI) system, which among other things uses facial recognition software to identify suspects.
The story continues at the link. With input from privacy advocates and law enforcement officials.