Australian crime agency scraps biometrics project due to overspending, delays

A project to introduce fingerprint and facial recognition technology across Australia has been abandoned due to substantial cost increases and delays. In 2016, the...

420 CCTV cameras at Mumbai Mantralaya soon to prevent suicide attempts

After a spate of suicide attempts at Maharashtra’s administration headquarters in Mumbai, Mantralaya, over the past few months, the government has decided to install...

Only 23% of 1,473 Mumbai restaurants comply with fire safety norms

After the Kamala Mills fire claimed 14 people in December 2017, the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) served notices to 1,557 commercial establishments for violating...

Homeland Security to test Face Recognition at U.S.–Mexico Border

Beginning in August, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will begin piloting a new face recognition system at the Mexican border. Using a series...

Honeywell developing software to decode 100 Indian accents to make flying safe

With more than 100 languages and the ambition to connect even its smallest villages by air, India has become a testing ground for a...

Belgium Police can now view footage from private security cameras to solve cases

People who have security cameras at their stores, companies or homes must now register them with the Belgium Home Affairs Department and the police...

CISF, NSG get home ministry nod to shoot down UFOs near Indira Gandhi airport

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and National Security Guards (NSG) can shoot down so-called Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) seen near Delhi’s Indira Gandhi...

G4S wins contract with major US retailer

G4S has won a new, five year, Retail Cash Solutions contract with a major US retailer. The contract will begin mobilising in the second...

Vehicle crime increasingly linked to other criminal activity

According to Interpol, in recent years, law enforcement agencies have seen a rapid evolution in the global vehicle crime landscape, as well as an...

Delhi’s traffic to be managed by Artificial Intelligence soon

A third of the city’s traffic managed by Artificial Intelligence (AI), fewer traffic policemen, and depth sensors that will regulate traffic signals -- this...
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