The Jammu and Kashmir Police Friday put in a synthetic intelligence-based facial recognition system close to a tunnel on the Jammu-Srinagar Nationwide Freeway in Ramban district, officers mentioned.
The system includes high-focus CCTV cameras which might be built-in with a database containing the pictures of militants, overground staff and criminals. The cameras can display screen the faces of individuals inside automobiles, and sound an alert to police in case a face matches {a photograph}.
The system, developed by a Chennai-based firm, was first put in in Kishtwar district’s Thathri — the entry level to the hilly district from Doda — in December.
The Navayuga checking plaza in Ramban district’s Banihal space, the place it was activated Friday, is the second place after Kishtwar to get the know-how.
The AI-based system is an integral a part of good policing initiatives, Ramban SSP Anuj Kumar mentioned.
Earlier, officers mentioned, police would must manually sift via footage from CCTV cameras put in at varied locations throughout the UT.
These cameras are able to matching the {photograph} with the database even when an individual is sporting a masks, police sources mentioned.
They mentioned the system will now be rolled out throughout the Union Territory.