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New Orleans used AI surveillance without public knowledge or full oversight | Extensive location tracking and real-time facial recognition has raised Fourth Amendment concerns
For two years, New Orleans quietly served as a testing ground for one of the most ambitious – and controversial – uses of facial recognition in American...
The Washington Post notes that a private nonprofit, Project NOLA, operates the system – not the city – sparking intense debate over privacy, oversight, and the future of law enforcement technology. Unlike law enforcement's traditional use of facial recognition, which typically relies on submitting still images from crime scenes for later analysis, New Orleans took a more proactive and pervasive approach. In April, after inquiries from The Washington Post and internal concerns about the program's legality, Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick paused automated alerts while the department reviews its compliance with city law.
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