PCR vans with facial recognition software

Delhi Police working on arming PCR vans with facial recognition software

The Delhi Police is in the process of equipping its beat cops and Police Control Room (PCR) vehicles with remote facial recognition systems. This way, both local cops and first responders will... Read more »
Facial recognition

Facial recognition has become a frontline policing tool in India – Big Brother is watching you; actually your face

Have you ever wondered how you recognise a face? Intuitively, right! We often do not give much attention to this special, though not exclusive, ability of humans. But whether we think about... Read more »
KTR Police to go high-tech

KTR asks Police to go high-tech, suggests use of drones to solve crimes

Hyderabad: Calling for the use of cutting-edge technology to take criminals head on, IT Minister KT Rama Rao on Wednesday suggested that the police use drones as first responders to reach the... Read more »
J-K Police prepare to mount its Bullet Proof Mobile Vehicles with Mobile Command Centres

J-K Police prepare to mount its Bullet Proof Mobile Vehicles with Mobile Command Centres

Continuing its efforts to lace the police force with all the latest gadgets, J-K police are mulling to mount its Bullet Proof Mobile Vehicles (BPMV) with the Mobile Command Centers (MCC’s) to... Read more »
UPCOP App

UP 100 and CCTNS have strengthen UP Police: ADG Ashutosh Pandey IPS – UPCOP App

Participating in the panel discussion during Digital Senate Series, Lucknow organised by Tech Observer magazine, UP Police ADG Technical Services Ashutosh Pandey said that ‘UP 100’ project has turned out to be... Read more »
cops equipped with electronic gadgets

Beat policing starts in GB Nagar, cops equipped with electronic gadgets

Noida Nearly seven months after launching the beat policing in Bisrakh police station limits as a pilot project, the Gautam Budh Nagar police on Saturday started the system in the entire district.... Read more »

Egypt’s Vice Police are Targeting Social Media Users for ‘Violation of Public Morals’

Egypt’s Minister of Interior Mahmoud Tawfik has reportedly issued ‘strict instructions’ to the Ministry of Interior’s General Department for the Protection of Moral Values and Information Technology to monitor social media accounts... Read more »
Nashik Police thanks Akshay Kumar for donating 500 smartwatch

Nashik Police thanks Akshay Kumar for donating 500 smartwatch tracking symptoms of COVID-19

Akshay Kumar donated 1000 smartwatches to Mumbai Police and 500 to Nashik Police so that the police personnel can stay safe from the growing infection of COVID-19. The police now thanks the... Read more »
Technology and Policing a Pandemic in Central Asia

Technology and Policing a Pandemic in Central Asia

Regional governments are retooling surveillance systems in their “smart” cities to fight the pandemic, heighteing existing concerns of rights and privacy. One side effect of the COVID-19 pandemic in Central Asia, as... Read more »
Coronavirus cases can now be detected in crowds by a thermal camera from this Indian startup

Cases of Coronavirus in the crowd can be detected by a thermal camera from this Indian Startup

Indian startup Staqu has built a thermal camera which can detect COVID-19 positive cases even in crowded places. The technology can alert the system if anyone in the crowd has a body... Read more »