SurveillanceHigh
Facial Recognition Misidentifies Pregnant Woman Leading to False Arrest in Detroit
- Occurred
- Feb 16, 2023
- Published
- Jun 29, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Porcha Woodruff was arrested and subsequently had charges dropped due to an unreliable facial recognition match. Despite being visibly pregnant, she was implicated in a robbery and carjacking based on an outdated photo used in a lineup.
Developers
- Unknown
Deployers
- Detroit Police Department
- Law enforcement
Harmed parties
- Porcha Woodruff
Tags
- facial recognition technology
- misidentification
- racial bias
- wrongful arrest
- response
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Facial recognition technology caused a wrongful arrest, representing a significant harm from surveillance system failure.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8