The Police Department is being sued over their use of Facial Recognition Technology. While the use of the technology itself isn’t illegal, refusing to talk about it is.

Voactiv reported, “Georgetown University’s Center on Privacy and Technology announced a lawsuit Tuesday over what it says is a failure to comply with the state of New York’s Freedom of Information Law (FOIL).”

Their use of facial recognition technology began in 2011. The technology was used over 8,500 times and has helped with around 2,000 arrests.

The report continued to share, “But when CPT filed requests for supporting documents through the state’s freedom of information law, which gives the public access to government documents, the NYPD repeatedly insisted they don’t have training manuals or user guides.”