IG Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar chaired an important meeting at CPO,
The vehicle registration plates & facial recognition software being developed by Punjab Safe Cities Authority in collaboration with the Punjab Information Technology Board were reviewed.
Inspector General Police Punjab Dr Usman Anwar chaired a joint meeting of the experts of Safe City Authority and Punjab Information Technology Board in the Central Police Office, Additional IG Special Branch Zulfiqar Hameed, MD Punjab Safe Cities Authority Ahsan Younas, Chairman Punjab Information Technology Board Faisal Yousaf and other officers participated. In the meeting, the vehicle registration plates and facial recognition softwares being completed in collaboration with Punjab Information Technology Board and Safe City Authority were reviewed. In the meeting, the testing of automatic registration number plate and facial recognition softwares and results obtained were discussed, while the progress of modern features and systems including videos and events management was also reviewed.
MD Safe Cities Authority Ahsan Younas said that this software will help in identification and recovery of stolen motorcycles, vehicles, rickshaws and other vehicles with its automatic identification system. Chairman PITB Faisal Yousaf said that Safe Cities Authority and PITB teams are working to ensure 100% success of the software.
IG Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar directed PITB to finalize the software as soon as possible and improve its results. IGP instructed that the latest cameras should be used to get the best results of the automatic number plate and face recognition system. IG Punjab said that when the alert of the stolen vehicles coming in the automatic system is issued, quick recovery will be possible with the help of modern police applications. He said that crime control and the public service delivery process will be improved with these advanced modern policing software. Experts and senior officers of Punjab Safe Cities Authority and Punjab Information Technology Board were also present in the meeting.
(Handout No. 452)
Syed Mubasher Hussain
Director Public Relations
Punjab Police
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