At the start of 2025, 15 states, including Virginia, have some legislation around facial recognition in policing.

But they can often be far more consequential, such as unreliable eyewitness recollections ... alleged sexual abuse or relies on the correct identification of a suspect by a child.

a professor of psychology at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice and an eyewitness identification expert. Before the technology was available, police needed investigative leads to pin down ...