Image Recognition
Engaging with technologyWhether it’s drones, body-worn cameras or AI and facial recognition software police forces are turning to technology to enhance or improve their capabilities. Interestingly, the deployment of this technology saw officers noting that trust and respect between them and the communities they engaged with actually improved. Their acceptance of the technology was based on trust and it’s that issue of trust that is at the heart of effective policing. Proponents of predictive policing argue that its provides a cost effective solution and can avoid the bias that is often associated with human-generated crime analysis – but critics warn that it can easily replicate those biased patterns of policing and end up simply targeting minority groups of marginalised communities. The police are certainly faced with a technological revolution that includes the likes of augmented reality, mobile surveillance and remote device control – the range and scope of developments is astonishing.