S.T.O.P. Condemns NYPD for Using Sealed Mugshot in Facial Recognition Database
August 27, 2019
August 27, 2019
NEW YORK, Aug. 27 -- The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project issued the following news release:
Today, the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy group,, condemned the NYPD for illegally including at least one sealed mugshot in its facial recognition database. Use of the sealed mugshot in the NYPD facial recognition database is a violation of NY CPL Sec. 160.50, which requires the NYPD to destroy mugshots once a defendant is acquitted of . . .
Today, the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy group,, condemned the NYPD for illegally including at least one sealed mugshot in its facial recognition database. Use of the sealed mugshot in the NYPD facial recognition database is a violation of NY CPL Sec. 160.50, which requires the NYPD to destroy mugshots once a defendant is acquitted of . . .