San Francisco mayor wants police to make tactical, strategic decisions on facial recognition

The U.S. city of San Francisco's reputation as a permissive haven of peaceably stoned jaywalkers takes some hits periodically, but what its mayor is proposing for biometric surveillance may be a full-speed tackle.

Mayor London Breed has put a measure on the next ballot that would significantly deregulate police use of face biometrics including the platforms where cameras can be bolted.

Breed might be making San Francisco the least rule-bound U.S. municipality that still has rules about surveillance.

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