Microsoft and nyPD develop new tool to anticipate crime

The NYPD has teamed up with Microsoft in a new security project baptized with the name of 'Domain Awareness System'’ which consists of an information processing system that monitors and prevents criminal activities.

Preventing crimes and criminal activities before they occur is the dream of all law enforcement and, now, it seems that the technologies needed to achieve this already exist. The NYPD has launched the Domain Awareness System, a surveillance system that, in addition to recording images, provides data on suspects.

The system, developed by Microsoft, will make it possible to control criminal activities and even anticipate them. It is a system that monitors, analyzes and crosses data and information from sources such as the 911, video surveillance networks, Internet databases and data. The goal is to maintain greater control over emergencies and power, even, forecast the areas where they are most likely to occur.

With this new technology, los cuerpos de seguridad podrán relacionar casos e informaciones, improving your response to incidents. In addition, there will also be the possibility of scanning and interrelating information from different sources in a matter of seconds, which will allow generating patterns that help in the investigation and prevention of crimes.. “It's an innovative tool that has the potential to revolutionize law enforcement., (the work of) intelligence and public safety operations”, has reported the office of the mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg.

Access to data

Unlike common surveillance networks, this new system instantly gives authorities large amounts of information related to images. For example, officers searching for crime suspects through the recordings can simultaneously access the suspect's police record or related crime data in the area and other data that can help make a portrait of the investigated individual.. In addition, cars linked to a suspect can be tracked so investigators know where they've been in recent months.

“The system is a transformative tool because it was created by police officers for police officers.”, said the Commissioner for New York, Ray Kelly.

Near 3.000 cameras are connected to the system. Most of them are located in the business district of Manhattan, but it should spread quickly to other sectors of the city.

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