Facial Recognition in Law Enforcement – 6 Current Applications Emerj - Artificial Intelligence Research and Insight

According to the US Government Accountability Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's database contains over 30 million mugshots of criminals and ID card images from 16 states. This is just one of many law enforcement databases which also contain further identity information, including fingerprints and text data. With needs to improve investigation times and streamline the task of matching suspect images within a pool of numerous identities, government officials, law enforcement offices, and commercial vendors are researching how AI, specifically computer vision, can be used to improve facial recognition. Through our research, we aim to show insights on how various law enforcement agencies and companies are implementing facial recognition technologies. Readers interested in AI for law enforcement might be interested in our founder's presentation at a joint INTERPOL-UN conference on AI in law enforcement given in the summer of 2018.