After Lockport City School District had its facial recognition system featured and tested on a national news report, the New York State Education Department is reminding the district not to test the system until further notice.
In an NBC Today Show report, which aired Wednesday, reporter Stephanie Gosk was given an exclusive test of the facial recognition system when administrators put her photograph into the data base as a person of interest and she was identified by the system. Gosk also had School Resource Officer Michael Stover show her the system's weapon detection capabilities which he did by holding up a handgun and showing her how the system would detect it in his hands.
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