Big Brother Alert: F.B.I. Set to Share Facial Recognition Searches With Police Departments

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Police departments across the country will soon have access to the FBI’s facial recognition software.

Allgov.com reports:

Under the expanding pilot project, the FBI will provide its Universal Face Workstation to police for free. The program will allow local law enforcement to compare photos of suspects against a repository of nearly 13 million criminal mug shots.

Michigan was the first state to gain access to the software under a pilot project launched earlier this year.

Five other states (Hawaii, Maryland, South Carolina, Ohio and New Mexico) have signed memorandums of understanding with the FBI to use the workstations.