Face recognition technology aiding Lincoln police

LINCOLN — Lincoln police can now search for bad guys using the state’s face recognition technology.

The state has used the technology for years to prevent people from getting multiple driver’s licenses under different names, said Tom Casady, the city’s public safety director.

The Lincoln Journal Star reports (http://bit.ly/XKmK6n ) that now local police trained by the state can use the same database, Casady told the Lincoln City Council last week.

Police can compare video images from a crime — someone passing a bad check or using someone else’s credit card, for example — with the 4 million pic...