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File #: R-2019-153    Version: 1 Name: FACES Agency Access MOU (2019)
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 5/14/2019 In control: Police Department
On agenda: 6/5/2019 Final action: 6/5/2019
Title: A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Approving And Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Execute Florida's Facial Recognition Network Memorandum Of Understanding With The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.
Attachments: 1. Resolution.pdf, 2. FACES Agency Access MOU.pdf, 3. Term Sheet.pdf

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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Approving And Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Execute Florida’s Facial Recognition Network Memorandum Of Understanding With The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.

 

 

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Staff Recommends: Approval of the attached Resolution.

 

 

Explanation:

The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office maintains the largest collaborative open model Face Recognition System in the U.S. and exclusively hosts Florida's Facial Recognition Network (“FR-Net”). FR-Net provides facial biometric search capabilities, subject information, face image comparison tools, training for FR search, and face image analysis methods and best practices via CJNET to authorized Florida law enforcement agencies. The Sheriff will grant access and make information available to the Police Department to perform automated facial recognition searches and face image comparisons through the Face Analysis Comparison and Examination System.

 

Recommended for inclusion on the agenda by:

Chris O’Brien, Chief of Police

George R. Keller, Jr., CPPT, Assistant City Manager for Public Safety