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Big Brother? The Michigan State Police Probably Have Your Photo in a Database

March 11, 2019, 7:02 AM


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Chances are the Michigan State Police have you photo in one of their databases.

The Secretary of State's Office has been giving State Police all its digital photos — without notice to motorists — since 1998, reports Paul Egan of the Detroit Free Press, who writes:

There are only about 8 million adults in Michigan, but there are nearly 50 million facial images in the MSP’s Statewide Network of Agency Photos (SNAP), with 2.7 million photos added to the database last year alone.

"Most people are under the impression that if they don't do anything wrong, there's no reason for the police to interact with them," Eric Williams, a Detroit civil rights attorney and a cooperating attorney with the Michigan American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), tells the Freep..

"This kind of eliminates that because you're already potentially a suspect if you have a driver's license, or a state ID. That should frighten people."


Read more:  Detroit Free Press


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