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Facial recognition technology
million), the Minister said. The facial recognition
system as well as the installation of another 150
CCTV cameras would require RM12 million.
Technology to complement traditional policing
State Police Chief A. Thaiveegan, who was also
present at the launch, said the facial recognition
technology would help increase the police's
efficiency.
He said the police would upload the image of
a criminal or wanted person to the system. If the
system manages to track similar faces through
any of the CCTV cameras, the authorities would
immediately be alerted.
"For example, in snatch theft cases, the police
may not be able to catch the criminals during the
time of the incident, but through the technology,
we can clearly identify the suspect and it will be
easier track him or her down," he added.
Thaiveegan said that the police would manually
track the movement of the suspects before
arresting them.
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“We do not go straight to the person and arrest
them. We have to check their identification cards
and crosscheck the wanted list on our database
before taking action.
“The cameras usually trigger when it reaches
80% to 90% accuracy and even that depends on
the camera quality,” the police chief was quoted
saying by New Straits Times.
Facial recognition systems have been
implemented in other parts of the world in support
of security operations.
The Chinese Government, for instance, is
working to combine its 170 million security
cameras with facial recognition and artificial
intelligence technology.
The Next Wave of Technological
Revolution (Source: BOAO)
Director General of World Intellectual Property
Origination Francis Gurry said that many
technological revolutions are ongoing. This