“Paul Smith, an officer who helps Neville manage the unit, told me that one day someone showed him an image of a crime that had taken place not far from his home: a kid had stolen a charity box from a gas station. When Smith saw the image, he was aghast. It was his stepson. Smith’s stepson is autistic and is dependent on a caregiver, yet there he was: the same jacket, the same posture, the same manner of thrusting his hands in his pockets. “It was going to cause a lot of issues for me,” Smith told me. “But I have a duty to be impartial.” Before saying anything to his colleagues, he decided to check the original video. His identification was wrong. “When I looked at the image, it was him,” he said. “But when he moved it wasn’t.” 😲