- Title: Dubai uses AI to help police fight crime
- Date: 17th August 2021
- Summary: DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (RECENT - JULY 26, 2021) (REUTERS) POLICE OFFICERS WORKING INSIDE DUBAI POLICE COMMAND AND CONTROL CENTER MONITOR INSIDE DUBAI POLICE COMMAND AND CONTROL CENTER SHOWING TIME-LAPSE OF SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE SHOWING TRAFFIC IN DUBAI / LIVE ACCIDENT TAKING PLACE BETWEEN TWO CARS (MUTE) DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (AUGUST 15, 2021) (REUTERS) TRAFFIC S
- Embargoed: 31st August 2021 13:08
- Keywords: AI Artificial Intelligence Dubai Police Surveillance Traffic
- Location: DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
- City: DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
- Country: UAE
- Topics: Middle East
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- Story Text:Dubai police are using artificial intelligence to predict crime and decrease response time in order to make Dubai what they call "one of the safest cities in the world".
"This is an AI (artificial intelligence) system that analyses the data and gives us results...so what it's actually doing is give us hotspots and where are the hotspots in each district, for each patrol, so the police patrol can concentrate on these areas," said Abdullah Rashed al-Maamari, assistant officer at the Dubai command and control center.
The AI algorithm uses historic data of crimes to highlight areas where crime is more common and concentrate patrol officers on such areas. Moreover, the system identifies traffic violations or potential threats, alerting the units on timing and locations.
Despite concerns of increased surveillance, the head of the geographical information system at Dubai Police Khaled al-Falasi reassured that no names are stored in the system but only locations.
Dubai uses almost 300,000 CCTV surveillance cameras across the emirate to support this technology.
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