Florida Police Reportedly Wrongfully Arrested Commercial Crabber Robert Dillon After Allegedly False Facial Recognition Match

August 26, 2024

Florida police reportedly arrested commercial crabber Robert Dillon in August 2024 after the statewide FACES facial recognition system purportedly identified him as a possible match to a suspect shown in grainy surveillance images from Jacksonville Beach. Dillon reportedly lived more than 300 miles away and said he had never visited the city. He reportedly spent a night in jail and posted bond using his truck title. …contributors—JOIN US—to learn more.

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Alleged deployer: pinellas-county-sheriff's-office, law-enforcement-agencies, jacksonville-sheriff's-office, jacksonville-beach-police-department, facial-recognition-system-deployers
Alleged developer: pinellas-county-sheriff's-office, facial-recognition-system-developers
Alleged harmed parties: wrongfully-arrested-individuals, robert-dillon, privacy, people-misidentified-by-facial-recognition-systems, biometric-data-subjects

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