Editor Notes: Editor Notes: This collective incident ID, based on a Washington Post investigation, tracks alleged misuse of facial recognition technology by law enforcement across the U.S., similar to Incident 815: Police Use of Facial Recognition Software Causes Wrongful Arrests Without Defendant Knowledge. While that incident focuses on allegations of withholding information regarding arrests, this incident focuses on reports of law enforcement allegedly relying primarily on facial recognition technology without sufficient corroborative investigative procedures. Some reported incidents include: (1) December 2020: Facial recognition technology reportedly misidentified Christopher Gatlin in Missouri, resulting in his arrest and over 16 months in jail before charges were dropped in March 2024. (2) 2022: Maryland police allegedly misidentified Alonzo Sawyer for assault using facial recognition; his wife later provided evidence that reportedly cleared his name. (3) 2022: Detroit police arrested Robert Williams based on a reported facial recognition error; the city later settled a lawsuit in 2023 for $300,000 without admitting liability. (4) July 2024: Miami police reportedly relied on facial recognition to identify Jason Vernau for check fraud; he was jailed for three days before charges were dropped. (5) January 13, 2025: The Washington Post published its investigation, detailing at least eight wrongful arrests reportedly linked to the use of facial recognition technology and alleged failures to corroborate AI-generated matches. See the full report at The Washington Post for more details on specific cases, timelines, and deployers of this technology.