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New York Police Department AI failures
Every documented AI failure involving New York Police Department on the AI Failure Index, classified by the mechanism that broke.
- Failures
- 2
- Highest severity
- High
- Span
- 2025
- Failure modes
- 2
A New York court found NYPD misused facial-recognition AI, leading to false imprisonment
A New York Criminal Court found in People v Zuhdi A. that NYPD and FDNY officials used unauthorized facial recognition software (Clearview AI) instead of the approved limited database, illegally accessed DMV records without a court order, and altered a defendant photograph by modifying neck length before placing it in a photo array. The same pattern of misuse caused Trevis Williams to be falsely arrested and jailed for two days despite not matching the physical description and being miles away at the time of the crime. Both cases were ultimately dismissed.
- Confidence
- High (multi-source, primary)
NYPD facial recognition match leads to wrongful arrest of Trevis Williams
Two independent outlets report that NYPD used facial recognition to arrest Trevis Williams, despite height and location discrepancies, leading to jail time before charges were dismissed; advocacy groups are pushing for policy changes.
- Confidence
- Medium (multi-source)
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