City Councilman Kristerfer Burnett introduced a bill tonight to ban face surveillance technology, citing a study showing it does a poor job identifying dark-skinned people and women.

The bill is intended to prevent the arrest of innocent people by stopping law enforcement from using the software.

“We know that this technology can lead to false arrests if the wrong person is identified,” said Burnett, who represents the 8th District in far west Baltimore. “[It could] have devastating impacts on people’s lives if we go forward with something like that.”

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