More and more, municipal officials are turning to technologies to make cities smarter, safer and more livable. In this regard, facial recognition can come in handy to help solve various challenging municipal issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDriven by data intelligence and grounded in values of sustainability, mobility and connectivity, cities can streamline their evolution by embracing new technologies, backed by data and artificial intelligence,\u201d said a recent blogpost by Convergint. \u201cOne emerging technology that is becoming more important for cities is facial recognition. By integrating facial recognition capabilities cities are enabled to improve their performance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Convergint, facial recognition brings various benefits for cities. These are summarized as follows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Find and recover missing persons.<\/strong> Identify and track known offenders.<\/strong> Efficiently investigate and reduce crime.<\/strong> Manage city staff and optimize their productivity.<\/strong> A word on regulation compliance.<\/strong> Source:<\/strong> William Pao, a&s International<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" More and more, municipal officials are turning to technologies to make cities smarter, safer and more livable. In this regard, facial recognition can come in handy to help solve various challenging municipal issues. \u201cDriven by data intelligence and grounded in values of sustainability, mobility and connectivity, cities can streamline their evolution by embracing new technologies, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-sector-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isaffuari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isaffuari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isaffuari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isaffuari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isaffuari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.isaffuari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isaffuari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isaffuari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isaffuari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Locating and finding missing persons is always a top priority for municipalities, and facial recognition can help in this regard. \u201cFacial recognition can significantly accelerate technology operators\u2019 efforts by enabling them to add a reference photo provided by the missing person\u2019s relatives and match it with past appearances of that face that have been captured on video,\u201d the post said. \u201cUsing facial recognition to search video based on the approximate area and time the person disappeared, police can quickly understand the person\u2019s movements before going missing, locate where the person was last seen on camera, and configure real-time alerts to trigger an alarm whenever face matches are identified.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the post, face matching can be used to enable police to track and identify past offenders suspected of perpetrating an additional crime. \u201cBy using an image of an offender from within a video, an uploaded external image, or a national offenders repository, operators can use facial recognition to detect matches that appear in live video and quickly respond to suspicious behavior,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Needless to say, fighting crime is a major effort for any municipality. \u201cThe same way face matching can be used to detect suspicious behavior in real-time, it can be used to support investigators searching for video evidence in the aftermath of an incident,\u201d Convergint said. \u201cThe ability to isolate the appearances of specific suspects and individuals is critical for accelerating investigators\u2019 review of video evidence to pinpoint relevant details and understand how situations developed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Internally, facial recognition can also be used to drive productivity within city hall, the post said. \u201cBy tracking the appearances of city workers across the cameras at city hall, the city can easily verify and track attendance records. Similarly, they can use it to confirm that cleaning staff is performing the maintenance being reported as complete,\u201d it said. \u201cFrom a customer service standpoint, cities can leverage video analytics to derive quantitative intelligence about traffic patterns at city hall, like when crowding occurs, how long visitors wait for service, or which city employees are most efficient in providing support.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While facial recognition has become more accurate and can help cities with various objectives, it has also introduced a range of issues and concerns, including those dealing with residents\u2019 privacy. \u201cCities and governments are still exploring how to balance the benefits of technology with the legal and regulatory concerns over its use. The laws governing the use of video surveillance and facial recognition vary from country to country, and when deploying such a system, it is important to comply with the applicable regulation,\u201d the post said. \u201cCities continue to work with their technology producers, federal governments, and residents to navigate the use of face recognition, ensuring fairness, transparency, accountability, and privacy compliance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n