https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/24/17391632/amazon-facial-recognition-orlando-police-rekognition

In a press conference today, Orlando Police Chief John Mina offered new details on the city’s facial recognition program, on the heels of new documents published by the ACLU-NC earlier this week. Speaking to local press, Mina said the existing pilot was limited to basic testing, and no members of the public were entered for search.

“We would never use this technology to track random citizens, immigrants, activists, or people of color,” Mina told the crowd. “The pilot program is just us testing this technology out to see if it even works.” Facial recognition algorithms have struggled with racial bias across the industry; no relevant data is available on bias in Amazon’s system specifically.