By the time the law caught up with him, Robert Chalue of Surprise had been using the identity of a Maine resident for more than 15 years. He probably could have spent the rest of his life that way if it weren’t for a facial recognition program in the Arizona Department of Transportation.*
Expertise and facial-recognition technology employed by Arizona Department of Transportation detectives safeguard the personal information of not only Arizonans but those in other states who are targeted by identity thieves here.
Yes, the Arizona Department of Transpiration has Police powers.
One of the driving forces behind the new DMV systems has been a new wave of federal requirements — and newly available federal money to meet those new standards. The RealID Act was passed in 2005 in response to the 9/11 Commission’s identification requirements — including the requirement that driver’s licenses be stored in digital form. States are still in charge of their own licenses, but if licenses don’t meet the new federal requirements, they’ll stop being valid for use in airports as early as 2018.

* https://www.azdot.gov/media/News/news-release/2016/11/30/adot-s-battle-against-id-theft-extends-beyond-arizona