Problem / Objective:

As of 2016, Uttar Pradesh (UP) had the highest incidences of crime with a crime rate of 128.7 per 100,000 people. The UP Police became concerned with the inability to solve criminal cases rapidly and efficiently. Therefore, the police began to boost its efficiency by using various technologies such as crime mapping analytics and predictive systems (in partnership with ISRO).

Solution / Approach:

In December 2018, the Director-General of Police Om Prakash Singh launched an AI-powered mobile application named ‘Trinetra’. Trinetra has a record of 5 lakh criminals which contains a picture, address and criminal history of each criminal. This information has been collected through the inputs from district police, prison department and Government Railway Police (GRP). 

It is powered by Staqu’s facial recognition, visual search, machine learning, and deep learning solutions and works well with low-resolution images and videos. The application offers better accuracy with AI-powered Gang Identification Technology.

Trinetra not only identifies a criminal but also find their associates active in different parts of the state. The mobile application is connected to the data from all the prisons, DCRBs, SCRB, and CCTNS and creates non-ambiguous, non-repetitive data of criminals active in the state. It is also linked with the present Under Trial Management System (UTMS) that keeps track of the status of all undertrials across the state.

This information can be accessed by any officer using the application in real-time. The use of this application helps police personnel easily register or search for criminals via simple biometric features, such as images or videos.

Impact / Implementation:

Trinetra has assisted the police in catching one high-profile criminal accused of a daytime shoot-out in Lucknow. Trinetra is expected to reach 75 districts, 6 GRP, ATS (Anti-Terrorist Squads), and STF (Special task force). The application will be used by 1,464 station house officers in the state, 65 GRP inspectors and all other senior police officials.

The police, in partnership with Staqu, intends to introduce vehicle search technology on the mobile application, along with ‘enable search by voice samples’ through its advanced AI-powered speaker identification technology. Also, the application aims to support fingerprint-based identification and active geo-fencing of police personnel.