Facial recognition leads to week-long wrongful imprisonmentLouisiana police have few, if any restrictions on using facial recognitionA hot potato: Facial recognition has become increasingly unpopular due to privacy and accuracy concerns, and many organizations across the globe have enacted or called for rules against it.Police in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, used facial recognition to secure an arrest warrant for 28-year-old Randal Reid for a $7,500 June purse robbery at a consignment shop in Metairie, The New Orleans Advisor writes.Then, Baton Rouge police used Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office (JPSO) identification to identify Reid as one of three thieves who allegedly stole another purse worth $2,800 that same week.Other Louisiana jurisdictions, however, appear to have no constraints for facial recognition after a 2021 state-level bill restricting it failed in committee.JPSO made three facial recognition requests in 2021, according to public records which the Southern Poverty Law Center obtained."