New York Police Department: Video Analytics
Briefcam video analytics software.
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| Agency | New York Police Department |
| Location | New York City, NY |
| Technology | Video Analytics |
| Vendor | IBM |
According to the Brennan Center for Justice, the New York Police Department's video analytics system "is intended to automatically alert NYPD officials to activities, such as 'suspicious package was left' or “loitering.'"
Links
Nonprofit report (Brennan Center for Justice)
News Article (The Intercept)
More about this technology
Video analytics and computer vision are terms that surveillance companies use to describe advanced software applied to video feeds to identify the movements of people and objects and detect patterns and anomalies. It is often coupled with artificial intelligence/machine learning and face recognition technology.
Briefcam video analytics software.
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