New Orleans mayor signs it: cops can use facial recognition

It's a change in response to political pressure due to a high murder rate, but the police have no evidence that it will lead to an increase in arrests (of the correct people).

“You have no data, sitting here today, telling me that this actually works, that it leads to arrests, admissions or clearances.”

https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_d31cb51a-090c...