AI, data analytics training for police

Thiruvananthapuram: A 15-member team of the police has successfully completed a 45-day training programme - Capacity Building in Responsible Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics for Police Department - conducted by Digital University Kerala. Inspector General of Police (South Zone) P Prakash on Friday distributed the certificates to the participants of the programme in a ceremony held at Digital University Kerala campus at Mangalapuram.
Speaking at the event, the Inspector General said that the team will start applying the new skills learned in policing immediately. The police also have access to large tranche of data through the Crime and Criminal tracking Network Systems (CCTNS).
Technologies like artificial intelligence and data analytics will help police to use these data constructively to improve policing and provide better solutions.
The IG said that the newly acquired skills of the team will also be used to develop software programmes essential for next generation policing such as Face Recognition software using AI technology.
Such software costs more than Rs 30 lakh in the open market, he said.