California Police Are Sharing Facial Recognition Databases to ID Suspects

New emails reveal how a private technology company is working to change law enforcement as we know it

Dave Gershgorn
OneZero
Published in
6 min readAug 1, 2019

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A composite image sourced from DataWorks Plus documents

MMany of California’s local law enforcement agencies have access to facial recognition software for identifying suspects who appear in crime scene footage, documents…

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Dave Gershgorn
OneZero

Senior Writer at OneZero covering surveillance, facial recognition, DIY tech, and artificial intelligence. Previously: Qz, PopSci, and NYTimes.