🟢 Juno Jump Start: RCMP to test facial recognition using police booking photos from across Canada

RCMP facial-recognition tests will assess accuracy and demographic bias, but the force won’t name vendors or disclose how many booking photos are being used.

RCMP to test facial recognition systems using Canadian police booking photos

The RCMP is testing facial-recognition algorithms using police booking photos from across Canada as it considers a future national facial-identification service.

The force says competing systems will be assessed for accuracy, performance and demographic bias, but declined to iden…