TED ELAZIĞ COLLEGE / 9-A
Should the Police Use Facial
Recognition Technology to
Monitor the Public?
Uğur Can GENÇ
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Having intelligence services is a good thing for the police, but
some people think it needs some improvement for now. Recently,
most of the security agencies in the United State of America have
started using this technology. However, San Francisco officials
are now thinking to put an end to the technology again because
it often fails. It can unjustly convict some people. For instance,
during a football match the cops were once looking for some
criminals and the intelligence service identified 2470 people, only
173 of whom were the real criminals. That’s why people started
questioning it.
However, there is another issue which should be taken into
consideration. What might happen if this technology gets into the
hands of some bad people? You may think that I am being a bit
pessimistic here, but I guess we have to think about this possibility
as well.
There are good things about this technology, too. For example,
criminals can be found faster and easier. If scientists can improve
this technology, the results will be more precise and the crime
rates will dramatically decrease when compared the current ones.
With some improvement, this technology will work perfectly and it
will be even able to distinguish between identical twins.
All people have distinctive features which are unique to them and
I’m one of those people who believe that it should be improved a
little more. I think it will be good for the world.