The Edmonton Police Service is testing new body-worn camera technology powered by machine learning, aiming to help officers in the field identify “dangerous” individuals and those with outstanding arrest warrants for serious crimes.
To do that, the police service said the mug shots of nearly 7,000 individuals have been compiled into a database for officers to assess the real-time effectiveness of the facial recognition body-worn cameras provided by public safety technology company Axon Enterprise Inc.
Edmonton Police Service (EPS) will be the first in the world to test the cameras, says Acting Supt. Kurt Martin, who is part of the force’s information and analytics division. The program launches Dec. 3, with up to 50 officers using the facial recognition-enabled body worn video cameras during their shifts for the rest of the month….