EPS NeoFace Reveal facial recognition (NEC) — deployment and cost opacity

Original source: https://globalnews.ca/news/8586358/edmonton-police-facial-recognition-mugshots-2022/

Local snapshot (archived 2026-07-03): full-page PDF committed at sources/budgets/_archive/eps-neoface-reveal-nec/eps-neoface-reveal-nec.pdf.

• EPS deployed NeoFace Reveal (NEC Corporation of America) facial recognition; went live "at the start of 2022 in a 'limited production environment.'"
• Searches run against the EPS mugshot database; "implemented in full compliance with FOIP legislation"; request must relate to a specific event/active investigation.
• EPS submitted a privacy impact assessment to Alberta OIPC (voluntary).
• Cost: "Edmonton police did not say what they spent on the software." No public figure.
• Comparator (not EPS): Toronto Police spent $450,000 on NeoFace in 2018.

Confidence: EPS NeoFace deployment is high-confidence (well documented); the DOLLAR value is undisclosed. Best rough estimate by comparator anchoring: a mid-six-figure one-time + annual maintenance is plausible (order of ~$200k-$500k range) but this is an ESTIMATE by analogy to Toronto, NOT an EPS-sourced figure.