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Peppermill Casino Facial Recognition System Reportedly Misidentified Individual, Leading to Wrongful Arrest in Reno
- Occurred
- Sep 17, 2023
- Published
- Nov 11, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Purported facial recognition technology deployed at Reno's Peppermill Casino reportedly misidentified Jason Killinger as an individual previously banned from the venue. Casino security reportedly detained Killinger and contacted police, leading to his arrest by the Reno PD. He was reportedly held for 11 hours, including several hours in handcuffs, before fingerprinting reportedly confirmed the misidentification. The incident resulted in alleged physical injury and civil liberties harms.
Developers
- Facial recognition system developers
Deployers
- Reno Police Department
- Peppermill Casino
- Facial recognition system deployers
- Law enforcement
Harmed parties
- People misidentified by facial recognition systems
- Jason Killinger
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Facial recognition misidentification led to wrongful arrest and civil liberties harm.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8