The new sensing technology of persons allowed New York to reveal 20 thousand criminals for 1.5 years

In August, 2017 it became known of efficiency of implementation of a new sensing technology of persons in New York. Thanks to it it was succeeded to solve more than 20 thousand crimes.

According to the The International Business Times edition with reference to the governor of the State of New York  Andrew Cuomo, in January, 2016 the new system of face recognition started in January, 2016 helped with 21 thousand investigations of cases of plunder of personal information and falsification of data.

The new sensing technology of persons allowed New York to reveal 20 thousand criminals for 1.5 years

The technology promoted arrest more than 4 thousand people and to administrative punishment about 16 thousand violators of the law.

Innovations in the system of face recognition consisted in increase in quantity of points on which images from cameras are compared with the database of photos of citizens. By August, 2017 16 million pictures are loaded into base, and every day about 8 thousand new photos get there.

The software allows to impose images, to invert colors and  to transform images to  black-and-white to identify features of the particular person. Even if the criminal changed a hairstyle or put on glasses, he   will not be able to deceive the algorithm based on  artificial intelligence.

Use of this sensing technology of persons allowed law enforcement agencies to fight against  fraud, theft of personal data and  other offenses  — to eliminate criminals and  dangerous drivers from  streets and  to increase security on roads of New York. We will continue to do everything possible to make responsible criminals and to protect all residents of New York  — Andrew Cuomo said.

The administration of the governor also reported that the updated biometric system allowed to identify drivers who illegally made to themselves the second rights after cancellation of the first.^[1]

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