[darawk]

> Amazon marketed it to police explicitly

I don't see that in the article. Can you provide a source for that?

> This isn't something that police departments have the ability or skill to discover and implement on their own, setting the menial bits up for them and suggesting a solution is half the battle with government stuff like this.

It's something I have the ability to do on my own. Any police department could hire someone like me.

[jolux]

"Amazon marketing materials promoted the idea of using Rekognition in conjunction with police body cameras in real time"

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/22/amazon-re...