To: Board of County Commissioners
Through: Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff
Prepared By:
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Travis Stewart, Captain, Investigation Services
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Presenter: Travis Stewart, Captain, Investigation Services
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Subject:
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2:15 PM *Facial Recognition Technology Update
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Purpose and Request:
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Inform the Board of County Commissioners of the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office's progress regarding the adoption of facial recognition technology (FR).
ACSO would like to discuss next steps and moving forward with multiple public meeting opportunities regarding this technology. These meetings are required per senate bill 22-113 and will serve to get community feedback and ultimately implement a tool that can generate leads to assist deputies/investigators in developing probable cause for arrests in an attempt to help curb the rising crime problem in Arapahoe County/City of Centennial.
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Background and Discussion: Prior to 2022, ACSO used FR technology successfully as a preliminary step to solve crime in our service area. That technology was put on hold pending senate bill 22-113. This bill has outlined detailed steps for agencies to take in the event they decide to use FR to assist in solving crime. ACSO has worked hard to comply with these steps and is now at a point where we are ready to hold public meetings and solicit community feedback.
As stated above, ACSO has previously used FR technology as a preliminary step in the process of successfully identifying and arresting suspects involved in criminal activity in our service area. The images used in this technology were open-source images obtained from publicly available resources and compared with mug shot photos which the agency already possesses or has access to. In response to public discussion of potential legislation regulating the use of FR, the companies that normally provided this service to law enforcement in Colorado placed the software on hold p...
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