Aaron Gamino, a former security officer at the Peppermill Reno casino resort, has alleged that the gaming property’s facial recognition system does not work as intended. This comes after a plaintiff sued the casino after he was mistakenly identified as another customer.
The Resort Got an Innocent Man Arrested
In 2023, Jason Killinger visited the Peppermill Reno casino, only to be promptly arrested despite having done no wrong. As it turned out, the casino’s facial recognition system had mistaken him for another customer who had been previously banned from the property.
Killinger’s arrest happened despite him producing legal documents that proved his actual identity.
Killinger eventually launched civil rights lawsuits against the casino, the casino worker who arrested him and the City of Reno. While Peppermill Reno settled the matter with Killinger, the other case has since exploded, attracting the attention of many legal experts. Killinger’s challenge was recently backed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Innocence Project…