This Sunday (14), the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro recorded the 100th arrest of a criminal using the facial recognition system, which has been in force in the state since last New Year's Eve.
With more than 20 criminal convictions, the fugitive from justice was arrested in Bonsucesso for military police officers from the Maré Battalion (22nd BPM). He had an outstanding arrest warrant for robbery. According to the PM, due to technology, the time between the alert issued and the approach carried out by the police was less than three minutes.
According to the corporation, the The use of the Video Surveillance and Facial Recognition System has been an important element in the strategy to combat crime. “The ability to analyze a vast number of possibilities greatly optimizes the teams’ work, especially in areas with greater circulation of people and large events,” stated the PM in a press release.
Also according to the Military Police, the tool will be integrated into all company vehicles, with the installation of on-board cameras. The idea is to increase real-time monitoring capacity, in addition to strengthening security, with more agile actions.
Despite the results, the technology was criticized shortly after implementation, since, at the beginning of the year, some people were irregularly captured due to system update failures. A CNN showed that, when the operation began, of the The first four were arrested using the facial recognition camera system, two ended up being released due to irregularities in the arrests.
At the time, the Public Security Secretariat said that inconsistencies in the system could occur due to database updates. “The Security Secretariat is working to unify and integrate these databases (Police, Justice and Federal Government) to provide maximum automation to this process”, adds the department in a note.
The Rio de Janeiro Court of Justice informed the CNN that there is a database, validated by resolution of the National Justice Council (CNJ), which provides information on pending arrest warrants. This bank is open for public consultation.
The State Government's investment in implementing the system was R$18 million, including equipment and software.
Source: CNN Brasil
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