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Council clears funding shift to replace Police Department real-time crime center video wall; MPD says AI used only for object detection, not facial recognition
Summary
Memphis Police Department sought a scope change to fund replacement of a failing video wall in its Real Time Crime Center. MPD said the system uses AI for object detection (vehicle color/type, backpacks) but not for local facial recognition; federal agencies may assist with facial-recognition analysis in serious cases.
The Memphis Police Department asked the council on June 24 to approve a scope change in a capital-improvement project to repurpose available grant funding (referred to by MPD as a BGA grant) to replace a failing video wall in the Real Time Crime Center.
Deputy Chief Joe Oakley told the committee the current wall has been in service since about 2007 and is failing; the replacement will allow the Real Time Crime Center to continue monitoring in-car video, body-worn camera and fixed-camera feeds and integrated GIS mapping. MPD said the…
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