Problem

While India is renowned as the world’s largest democracy, little is known about how it has managed to police such a large, complicated, unpredictable nation. The police forces, therefore, face problems and obstacles while carrying out their functions on a day-to-day basis. Overburdened forces, infrastructure issues, quality of crime investigation, etc., are some of the significant problems they face.

Solution/Approach

The Nagpur Police has launched AI powered technology, SIMBA  (System Integrated for Monitoring and Big-data Analysis), to enhance the law enforcement capabilities of the city. The tool is developed by Staqu Technologies, the premier Artificial Intelligence (AI) implementation enabler in India, in collaboration with the Nagpur police department.

SIMBA is an advanced generative AI tool that delivers swift information from various data sources, such as CCTV feeds, images, and audio related to crime and criminals. Integrated into a digitized database of 1,50,000 criminals, it offers customized information based on specific prompts and features such as facial recognition and speaker identification. 

Impact/ Implementation

Crime GPT, a key feature of SIMBA, utilizes an extensive criminal database to provide results from video, document and audio data. Criminal information can be searched using Facial recognition, audio input or natural language query in written form. The tool promptly accesses the database and delivers the required information. The underlying feature of SIMBA, Crime GPT, is supported by LVM and LLM-based AI models and equipped with advanced features, including speaker identification and criminal gang analysis, among others. 

Dr. Ravinder Singal, Commissioner of Police, Nagpur stated that the have observed significant benefits from advanced technologies in recent years. The implementation of Crime GPT in operations marks a crucial step towards a digitized approach in law enforcement. He believes that SIMBA will not only enhance public security but also improve the efficiency in maintaining law and order by providing real-time alerts.