IG Punjab Police Dr. Usman Anwar inaugurated the modern face recognition system of Punjab Police "Face Trace"
Equipped with advanced artificial intelligence technology, the system has been developed by Punjab Police IT Wing in collaboration with PITB.
Face Trace is compatible with other database portals including Criminal Management System of Punjab Police, IG Punjab
DIG IT Ahsan Younas briefed about the features, uses and working of the face recognition system.
The Inspector General Police Punjab (IGP) Dr. Usman Anwar has officially launched the latest face recognition system of Punjab Police, "Face Trace". The system equipped with the advanced artificial intelligence technology has been developed by Punjab Police IT Wing in collaboration with PITB. Dr. Usman Anwar directed all the RPOs, DPOs and investigating officers to use this modern system to bring the habitual and professional criminals to justice.
IG Punjab further said that this system should be further improved in the light of training, practice, integration and feedback received from the force and it should be improved by linking it with the database of other institutions. He expressed these views while giving instructions to the officers after formally inaugurating the "Face Trace System" at the Central Police Office. DIG IT Ahsan Younas informed about the features, benefits and working of face recognition system and said that all the districts have been informed about the use of face trace system. Soon the face trace system will be connected with e-police post, crime prevention app etc, he added. Ahsan Younas further said that the Face Trace System is compatible with the latest technology of artificial intelligence and it will speed up the process of arrest after identifying the criminals. DIG IT also explained how to use the system and its features and also provided detailed information to the participants. PITB Chairman Faisal Yousaf, Additional DG Qasim Afzal, Chief Technical Officer Adil Iqbal and Project Director Asim Iqbal were present in the ceremony.
At the end of the ceremony, IG Punjab awarded certificates of appreciation to the officers of PITB and Punjab Police IT Wing. Additional IG Special Branch Zulfiqar Hameed, Additional IG Welfare Riaz Nazir Gara, Additional IG Establishment Raja Riffat Mukhtar, Additional IG Investigations Sultan Ahmad Chaudhry, Additional IG Operations Shahzada Sultan, DIG Headquarters Humayun Bashir Tarar, DIG Punjab Waqas Nazir, DIG IT Ahsan Younas, DIG Afzal Ahmed Kausar and AIG Training Faisal Mukhtar also participated while Additional IG CTD Waseem Sial, Heads of all the Units and all the RPOs, CPOs and DPOs participated through video link.
(Handout No. 460)
Syed Mubashar Hussain
Director Public Relations
Punjab Police
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