Facial Identification Section

Incidents involved as Deployer

Incident 5181 Report
New York Detective Misused Woody Harrelson's Face to Perform Face Recognition Search

2017-04-28

When the facial recognition search for a CVS theft suspect's face returned no useful matches due to the surveillance footage being obscured and highly pixelated, a New York City police detective continued the face search using Woody Harrelson's face allegedly due to his resemblance to the suspect's face, eventually leading to the arrest of an unknown victim.