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NYPD bypassed facial recognition ban to ID pro-Palestinian student protester

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291 points dataflow | 1 comments | 18 Jul 25 13:15 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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gruez ◴[18 Jul 25 14:11 UTC] No.44604843[source]▶
>A city fire marshal used FDNY’s access to a facial recognition software to help NYPD detectives identify a pro-Palestinian protester at Columbia University, circumventing policies that tightly restrict the Police Department’s use of the technology.

Why does the fire department need access to run facial recognition?

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neilv ◴[18 Jul 25 15:31 UTC] No.44605831[source]▶
> Why does the fire department need access to run facial recognition?

Arson investigation, identifying the people at the scene of a suspicious fire?

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1. mitthrowaway2 ◴[18 Jul 25 16:40 UTC] No.44606781[source]▶
Wouldn't the fire department's role in an arson investigation be limited to consulting about the fire itself? (eg. identifying if accelerant was used, etc). I can't imagine they'd be identifying a suspect.