FARGO (KFGO-KVRR) — For over a week, Fargo Police have been faced with scrutiny after news of a Tennessee woman who was held in jail for nearly six months for a crime she did not commit.
“We just feel so bad that this happened for this lady. I mean this disrupted her life totally. And so there’s things that we can do that we will do and the first step is to have this investigated as to what were the actions that the city took and what can we do. And so our next step is that,” said Dave Piepkorn, City Commissioner.
Early this week, city commissioners held an executive session to discuss with an attorney actions they may have to take with Angela Lipps. While city commissioner Denise Kolpack knows Fargo Police will do their own investigation, she believes there still needs to be better communication in the future.
“There’s an analysis after the fact on what we can learn and what we can do better. But I think communication overall could have been better about this,” said Denise Kolpack, City Commissioner.
Another piece of the investigation that has been in discussed is the use of artificial intelligence. Facial recognition technology helped identify Lipps as a potential suspect.
“There’s a lot of great applications of AI. But, I think a lot of Fargo residents don’t understand how it’s being used, and I don’t think the city has done a good job in being proactive in that conversation,” said Sen. Josh Boschee, (D) Fargo.
“I think we should put a pause on it, give it some more observation and really develop it to the point that at least we can be 75-80%, 90% sure. And even at that we still putting in some work to make sure we not just in a hurry,” said Sekou Sirleaf, Chair of Human Rights Commission.
Another candidate running for mayor did not respond in time to be included in the story.
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