Reconhecimento facial como política de segurança pública no estado da Bahia

Abstract

The objective of this article was to describe the main benefits and risks of implementing the public policy of facial recognition, via artificial intelligence, applied by the Secretariat of Public Security in the State of Bahia through Vídeo Policiamento – Mais Inteligência na Segurança and Vídeo-Polícia Expansão projects. The study was based on the assumption of the need for more accuracy in the application of facial recognition, via artificial intelligence, for use as a public security policy, in order to avoid possible violations of fundamental rights of freedom, privacy and protection of personal data. We sought to detail the impact of information and communication technologies on public policies, based on the application of facial recognition technologies, via artificial intelligence, having the State of Bahia as locus of the study, due to pioneering spirit in its implementation. The research is of a qualitative nature, with a case study approach and techniques of bibliographical research and the application of a questionnaire. As a result, advantages of the researched public policy were observed, such as being (a) lower lethality for police officers and people approached; (b) speed in recognizing missing people and fugitives from justice; and (c) no existence, until the research cut-off date, of arrests motivated by facial recognition errors in Bahia. Possible risks of violation of freedom, privacy and protection of personal data were also demonstrated, due to the lack of transparency in the data disclosed by the govern of state of Bahia and the absence of specific legal regulation in Brazil. Key words: Public Security. Facial Recognition. State of Bahia.