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Pradeep Kumar

05/10/21 12:00 PM IST

TN CM launches face recognition software to aid police investigation

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Chief Minister M.K. Stalin launched a face recognition software to aid police personnel during their investigations. 

Functioning & Significance
  • The software would help compare photos of suspects with a data resource of over 5.30 lakh photos uploaded in the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS).
  • The software is expected to track down accused persons, suspects, missing persons and unidentified corpses with data from the CCTNS, an official release said.
  • If the accused or the suspect is also involved in another offence being probed by another police station, the information about him/her would be shared between them.
  • It would also help in checking whether there is a history sheet behind a person or whether any warrant has been issued against a person which has been pending.
  • The software could be installed in the work stations in police stations as well in the smartphones of police personnel on the field.
Way forward
  • There is a plan to improve the software to identify faces in footage obtained from CCTVs.
  • It would help in people, who are being looked out for and missing persons could be tracked in bus, railway or air terminuses or in festivals.
Source: The Hindu

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