Vadodara police set to adopt Clear View AI facial recognition app

“It is basically a software that gives access to a database of people on social media platforms. Once the police has a picture or a sketch of a suspect uploaded on the app, it will match faces of similar looking people from the geographical vicinity. We can also link the app to our CCTV cameras across the city which will allow the suspects or any persons needed by law to he spotted whenever they cross the area of the particular CCTV. The camera will instantly send an alert to the control room with a pop-up screen on how a suspect has been spotted,” Gahlaut said.

The Vadodara police is currently in the process of changing CCTV cameras across the city under the Smart city project. The old CCTV cameras, which were rented by the police department from a private company have been taken down. According to Gahlaut, when the new cameras are up in a week’s time, the pilot project of the clear view app will also begin. “We are in a very early stage of bringing in this App and understanding how it will work. It will definitely help in crime detection to a great extent,” he said.

Other police departments in the country also use similar apps for crime suspect detections. Clear view app uses the public photos of social media users to pull out searches for law enforcing agencies looking to nab their suspects.