Facial recognition technology has allowed police departments across the U.S. to compare the faces of criminal suspects against social media photos, driver's licenses and mug shots. But the tech has ...

Companies and labs have gathered facial images for more than a decade, and the databases are merely one layer to building facial recognition technology.

Most departmental searches are done via the Northeast Ohio Regional Fusion Center, an interagency intelligence group. The center’s policy on facial recognition, is one of just a few in the area.

Microsoft says US Police Departments cannot use Azure's AI-powered facial recognition technology.