An Anchorage Assembly member wants to ban the use of facial recognition technology by the city government.
East Anchorage Assembly member Joey Sweet is drafting the proposal. He said during a Public Safety Committee meeting Wednesday that while the city doesn’t use the technology yet — and Anchorage police say it’s not a priority to get it — he wants to be proactive.
“Policy is so often reactive,” he said. “I don’t want there to be an incident and then we respond to it. I want to do this now.”
Read More: https://alaskapublic.org/2023/03/01...-from-using-of-facial-recognition-technology/
East Anchorage Assembly member Joey Sweet is drafting the proposal. He said during a Public Safety Committee meeting Wednesday that while the city doesn’t use the technology yet — and Anchorage police say it’s not a priority to get it — he wants to be proactive.
“Policy is so often reactive,” he said. “I don’t want there to be an incident and then we respond to it. I want to do this now.”
Read More: https://alaskapublic.org/2023/03/01...-from-using-of-facial-recognition-technology/