> there's still a ways to go before security camera footage can be sent to the PD and automatically identify the offender via facial analysis.
Be careful what you wish for. I don't want the police to be able to perform accurate facial recognition at the kind of scale you're talking about, even if that would make it harder for thieves to steal packages.
> I don't want the police to be able to perform accurate facial recognition at the kind of scale you're talking about
Amazon is helping cities and counties implement Rekognition systems fairly cheap with cameras tied to criminal databases. It's happening. They've done it in Washington County, OR, Orlando, FL, and others [1]. Amazon is also teaming up with law enforcement to install Ring doorbells with cameras (Amazon owns them) hooked up to the same type of system.[2] Palantir Systems (CIA backed) have done similar in NYC[3] and even doing PREDICTIVE crime analysis in New Orleans[4] and Chicago [5]. In the case of New Orleans, the public and city counsel was not even made aware. Only the mayor knew. Yes, be very, very careful what you wish for.
This is weird. I live in Washington County Oregon. There are stories everyday on nextdoor.com from neighbors trying to get the Sheriff's office to look at their surveillance video of crimes being committed, but the police aren't interested. They usually post the video clips on nextdoor and these aren't grainy videos but super clear recordings that should make it easy to identify the perpetrators if they really are using the Amazon system.
A surveillance panopticon isn't going to make package theft any more of a priority than it is now; the issue isn't an evidence one but a priorities one, and more evidence doesn't change this.
Be careful what you wish for. I don't want the police to be able to perform accurate facial recognition at the kind of scale you're talking about, even if that would make it harder for thieves to steal packages.