Published: 4:30am, 19 Aug, 2019 Updated: 4:30am, 19 Aug, 2019
The Detroit police have been secretly using unreliable facial recognition technology to make arrests for the last two years in news that has sparked controversy . Critics in the majority - black city have pointed out identification issues that particularly affect people of colour and women . This identification with the 83 % black population of the city makes the use of the technology especially worrying , according to ray Burton , a member of the civilian police Police Commission . The technology , that also makes it easier to track people ’s movements , poses obvious questions about whether police are violating citizen privacy laws .