Who uses facial recognition in Bexar County?
- Pending deployment NEC facial recognition
- Agency
- Bexar County Sheriff's Office
- Vendor
- NEC Corporation of America
- Devices
- —
| System | Agency | Vendor | Status | Devices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEC facial recognition | Bexar County Sheriff's Office | NEC Corporation of America | Pending deployment | — |
What we do not know
Bexar County Sheriff
- Whether the county signed an agreement with NEC for facial recognition, and at what cost.
- Which photographs the system would search, such as booking photos or driver's license photos.
- What system the Sheriff's Office's existing NEC maintenance payments cover.
- Whether the office has a written facial recognition policy, and whether searches would be logged and audited.
What facial recognition is
Software that measures a face in an image and searches for a match in a database of known faces. It can be run on live camera feeds or on recorded footage after the fact.
How they work, why agencies buy them, and every county we have documented →
What you can do
Civic action
Show up
This technology is bought and renewed by boards, councils and committees that meet in public. We have confirmed where each of them meets in Bexar County and how public comment works there.
How to show up in Bexar County →Personal protection
Protect yourself
Practical steps to shrink your personal data trail. Our guides publish at launch; until then, EFF's Surveillance Self-Defense is the best starting point.
Surveillance Self-Defense ↗