United States, New York City
Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) Bureau of Fire Investigations
Facial recognition for fire investigations
OperationalOfficial publicationPAI-D042AC84
- Body
- Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) Bureau of Fire Investigations
- Country
- United States
- Area
- New York City
- Technology
- Facial recognition for fire investigations
- Supplier
- Not stated in the source
- Status
- Operational
In routine use by the named body, on the evidence of a public source. - Stage
- In use now
- Since
- December 2022
- Legal basis
- Not stated in the source
- Oversight
- Disclosed in the City's annual Local Law 35 algorithmic tools report, which says matches are investigative leads followed by further investigation by bureau personnel.
- Evidence
- Official publication
Police force, government department or public body publication - Source
- NYC Office of Technology and Innovation, Algorithmic Tools Report for 2025 (March 2026)
- Last checked
- Record code
PAI-D042AC84
Notes
The New York City Office of Technology and Innovation's algorithmic tools report for calendar year 2025 lists Facial Recognition Technology used by the FDNY Bureau of Fire Investigations, first used in December 2022. The report says the tool analyses an uploaded image or video and compares it with lawfully possessed images 'to generate a pool of possible matches'. It says that 'Any matches serve only as investigative leads' and that bureau personnel conduct further investigation, and that a match alone is not treated as a positive identification. The vendor is given as not disclosable, an off-the-shelf product with confidentiality agreements in place, and the entry records no update in 2025.
Facial recognition for fire investigations elsewhere in United States
See them in the tracker| Deployment | Country | Supplier | Since | Status | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Police Department (Washington, D.C.)Retrospective Facial Recognition | United StatesWashington, D.C. | Clearview AI | 2026 | Operational | |
| Milwaukee Police DepartmentRetrospective Facial Recognition | United StatesWisconsin | — | — | Paused | |
| US Secret ServiceFacial recognition for investigative leads (Office of Investigations) | United StatesNationwide | NEC (algorithm used in DHS OBIM's IDENT system, per the DHS inventory) | — | Operational | |
| Federal Bureau of InvestigationFacial recognition search (NGI Interstate Photo System and FACE Services) | United StatesNationwide | — | 2011 | Operational | |
| US Customs and Border ProtectionTraffic Jam (Marinus Analytics) facial recognition and data search for missing and trafficked people | United StatesNationwide | Marinus Analytics | 2025 | Operational | |
| Federal Bureau of InvestigationIn-house facial recognition tool for suggested matches | United StatesNationwide | — | — | Operational | |
| Federal Bureau of InvestigationFacial recognition and data mapping tools for identifying sex trafficking victims | United StatesNationwide | — | — | Operational | |
| US Marshals ServiceAWS Rekognition duplicate-record check in the Capture System | United StatesNationwide | Amazon Web Services (Rekognition, as named in the inventory) | — | Proposed | |
| Montgomery County Police Department (Maryland)Facial recognition searches of mugshot and ID photo databases | United StatesMontgomery County, Maryland | — | — | Operational | |
| New York City Police DepartmentRetrospective facial recognition (probe image against arrest and parole photographs) | United StatesNew York City | Dataworks Plus; Idemia | 2011 | Operational | |
| New York City Department of InvestigationFacial recognition for investigations | United StatesNew York City | — | 2019 | Operational |