mobanmarketKolkata: The Kolkata Police is expanding footprint of closed circuit cameras and planning to install more hi-tech devices with artificial intelligence (AI) to make crime detection easier, according to a top officer.
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The city police have installed 3,000 closed circuit cameras, said Police Commissioner Anuj Sharma.
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“We are expanding it. Recently, you have seen instances of crime detection by analysing the CCTV footage,” he said, referring to the recent sexual assault case in Panchashayar of south Kolkata.
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He said the police were planning to install more hi-tech cameras with artificial intelligence and face recognition facility. “If I have data, the data is also there with this kind of cameras, they do the matching,” he said.
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“With the installation of such cameras, catching those indulging in anti-social acts will become simpler,” the Police Commissioner said.
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