Alabama Administrative Code
Title 265 - ALABAMA CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION CENTER
Chapter 265-X-5 - LAW ENFORCEMENT USE OF FACIAL COMPARISON TECHNOLOGY
Section 265-X-5-.07 - Privacy Protections

Universal Citation: AL Admin Code R 265-X-5-.07

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024

(1) Facial comparison is a uniquely powerful investigative and identification tool. Criminal justice agencies or other user agencies shall not employ this technology to conduct dragnet screening of individuals or mass surveillance of places, groups, or activities.

(2) Officers may not use facial comparison technology to conduct surveillance of persons or groups based solely on the issues of religion, politics, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or any other constitutionally protected activity.

(3) Officers must use facial comparison technology according to all federal and State laws, and all departmental policies, including those addressing racial profiling.

(4) This section is not intended to prohibit law enforcement agencies from using facial comparison as an investigative tool to screen individuals or groups when doing so is based on actionable intelligence of an impending terrorist or criminal act.

Author: Maury Mitchell

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, § 41-9-620.

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