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Hyd cops get fusion centre to analyse data for better policing

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Press Trust of India Hyderabad
Last Updated : Jan 03 2018 | 6:15 PM IST
The Hyderabad police today launched a "Technology Fusion Centre" aimed at providing actionable information to officials after collating data from different sources.
The TFC was inaugurated at the city police commissionerate by DGP M Mahendar Reddy in the presence of Commissioner of Police VV Srinivasa Rao and other officials, according to a city police release.
The Centre consists of several functional blocks, including Video Surveillance Security Command Centre, Traffic Command Centre, Facial Recognition Analytics and Video Enhancement Unit, the release informed.
The release stated that the analysts at the Technology Fusion Centre would be using analytics tools to identify patterns, relationships, and correlations in large volumes of information from multiple sources such as crime incidents, road accidents, social media among other things.
"This actionable information and intelligence enables police officers and other multi-agency officers to make sound decisions on the spot regarding incidents, situations, emerging threats, traffic congestions etc. It allows officials to carry out their duties and responsibilities effectively and efficiently," the release added.

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First Published: Jan 03 2018 | 6:15 PM IST

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