Poll: Should New Orleans use facial recognition?

The intrigue: The city paused its informal partnership with ProjectNOLA, a privately-owned and managed AI-enhanced facial recognition software, after a Washington Post story earlier this year raised privacy and legal questions.

• But law enforcement officials, including NOPD, say the tech helps them fight crime and find perpetrators. Some, like Louisiana State Police troopers, still get Project NOLA alerts.
• "We have seen the benefit of a real-time immediate alert. Everybody has been able to see the benefit," NOPD chief Anne Kirkpatrick said of the system earlier this year, according to The Times-Picayune.

For now, a city ordinance that would have explored further facial recognition use is on pause, too.

🗣️ Your turn: Should the city bring back use of ProjectNOLA's facial recognition?

• Tell us what you think in this poll, or by emailing [email protected].