ACLU of Wisconsin: Calls on Milwaukee County Sheriff to decline adoption of facial recognition technology, urges support for resolution regulating its acquisition

MILWAUKEE—The ACLU of Wisconsin issued the following statement after reports that the County Sheriff’s Department is considering acquiring facial recognition technology from Biometrica. Biometrica is also offering to provide software licenses to the Milwaukee Police Department in exchange for millions of images and data from Milwaukeeans. This Thursday, the Milwaukee County Board of Supe...