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Facing Pushback, MPD Halts Use of Facial Recognition Technology
Facing community pushback and a possible Fire & Police Commission (FPC) directive, the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) is pausing its use of facial recognition technology.
Community members testified for more than three hours about concerns with the technology, including the harms from false positives and the potential for mass surveillance.
“Facial recognition poses serious risk to civil liberties, public trust and democratic participation, especially at the moment we are in in our history,” said Bianca Shaw, a representative of Common Cause Wisconsin.
Facing Pushback, MPD Halts Use of Facial Recognition Technology | Jeramey Jannene, Urban Milwaukee, February 10,2026