NEW ORLEANS — The ACLU of Louisiana issued the following statement regarding the New Orleans City Council’s passage of an ordinance that reverses a 2020 ban on the New Orleans Police Department’s (NOPD) use of facial recognition technology.

NEW ORLEANS – The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana today sued Louisiana State Police (LSP) for the release of public records regarding its use of racist facial recognition technology, after LSP denied requests for the information. 

NEW ORLEANS – The ACLU of Louisiana issued the following statement regarding the New Orleans City Council’s passage of an ordinance that bans the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) from using facial recognition technology.

Revelations underscore the need for greater transparency, City Council to ban facial recognition

NEW ORLEANS – The ACLU of Louisiana today condemned the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) after an investigation by The Lens revealed that the department had been secretly employing facial recognition technology through “state and federal partners."

The coalition hailed Councilman Jason Williams’ introduction of an ordinance that would ban the use of facial recognition technology by police and increase oversight of the city’s use of surveillance tools.

NEW ORLEANS – The ACLU of Louisiana issued the following statement today regarding New Orleans’ updated plan to require some businesses to collect the contact information of their patrons as part of the city’s contact tracing process. 

NEW ORLEANS – In a win for the city’s public defenders and civil rights groups representing them, a state appeals court has ordered the City of New Orleans to comply with a public records request for the locations of the city’s crime cameras.