Dummy cops to get cameras, Artificial Intelligence

Police chief says mannequins will have facial recognition cameras to fight crime, spot traffic offenders, fine drunk drivers; American and French police show interest in the new tech Disruptive technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) will soon empower mannequins to fight crime, spot traffic offenders, fine drunk drivers and rein in criminals across the city, a top official said. "We will soon have artificial eyes fixed in mannequins as cameras with a small AI-linked computing device inside them for facial recognition through a well-connected central server," City Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao said. The mannequins, however, will not be permanent fixtures at a given place but operate in a hide-and-seek mode. "The AI software will locate the culprits, tip off the police about the number of violations one has committed, count the traffic slips registered against the same vehicle, estimate the penalty amount and alert the police," said Rao. On how futuristic dummies and connected police officers work, Rao said a drunk driver caught on MG Road will be identified by the mannequin even at a far-away junction to relay information to the control room through facial recognition.