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Kolkata, Nov 1 (IANS) West Bengal Police has decided to tie up with Artificial Intelligence (AI) to curb crimes, a police source said on Saturday. AI cell is going to be formed in the police department.
According to police sources, state Director General of Police (DGP) Rajeev Kumar issued guidelines in this regard from Bhabani Bhawan (state police headquarters) on Friday. Initiatives have been taken to make the police technology dependent and efficient in all aspects from investigation to administrative work, planning and training.
It is being told from Bhabani Bhawan that the new AI cell of the state police will be headed by a police officer of the rank of Additional DG (ADG), who will be appointed the chairman of this cell. All the work and policy-making of AI Cell will be conducted under his supervision. An officer of IGP/DIG/SP rank will work under him. His work will be coordination, documentation and progress of the cell.
A police source said, “Two expert technologists will assist the police officers on duty in the technical area. The job of these technologists will be to evaluate and advise the management of everything. Members of the new cell will meet once every two weeks or as required to monitor its progress.”
This state-of-the-art AI cell will be located in the Bhabani building of the West Bengal Police Department. The state government will provide necessary financial, administrative and technical support for this new cell, the source said. The cell will also be responsible for formulating policy to maintain transparency in the use of AI. Apart from this, the responsibility of organizing all the training camps related to Artificial Intelligence will also be handed over to this new cell.
It is being told that the administrative control of this cell will be under DGP Rajiv Kumar.
The main objective of this cell is to make itself the most advanced in crime prevention in keeping with the present times. Regular training will be conducted in different districts to develop practical experience of AI. This Artificial Intelligence will become the main partner of the state police in investigation, crime and data analysis.
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