Description: Florida police reportedly arrested commercial crabber Robert Dillon in August 2024 after the statewide FACES facial recognition system purportedly identified him as a possible match to a suspect shown in grainy surveillance images from Jacksonville Beach. Dillon reportedly lived more than 300 miles away and said he had never visited the city. He reportedly spent a night in jail and posted bond using his truck title.
Editor Notes: Timeline notes: The date of 08/26/2024 for this incident ID is taken from the date of arrest; the ACLU filed its lawsuit on 06/10/2026. The incident ID was created 06/18/2026.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Pinellas County Sheriff's Office and Facial recognition system developers developed an AI system deployed by Jacksonville Sheriff's Office , Jacksonville Beach Police Department , Pinellas County Sheriff's Office , Facial recognition system deployers and Law enforcement agencies, which harmed Robert Dillon , People misidentified by facial recognition systems , Wrongfully arrested individuals , Biometric data subjects and Privacy.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Face Analysis Comparison and Examination System Next (FACESNXT) , Facial recognition systems and Law enforcement facial recognition systems
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1545
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2024-08-26
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
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LEE COUNTY, Fla. ---
When a commercial crabber in Lee County got a call from someone claiming to be a detective in northeast Florida -- saying he was involved in a crime hundreds of miles away -- he thought it was a prank.
It turns out, it …
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. --- Robert Dillon is suing the Jacksonville Beach Police Department, as well as the Jacksonville and Pinellas County Sheriff's Offices, after he was wrongfully arrested due to a faulty facial recognition match. The police…
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