Facial recognition CCTV surveillance system set to be deployed across Jamaica

Facial recognition CCTV surveillance systems are set to be deployed across Jamaica in a bid to improve public safety and security, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest.

The “JamaicaEye” program will connect Ministry of National Security cameras and privately-owned cameras to a network to be monitored by security professionals. Video analytics will provide facial recognition, license plate identification, geofencing and crowd counting, among other features.

JamaicaEye Project Manager Major Sheldon Bryan told the Observer that roughly 180 cameras have been deployed across several parishes so far. “We need a lot more cameras to be a part of the system to increase our situational awareness as to what is happening across the space,” he said. “So, we are inviting now persons, who have digital camera systems (to partner with us).”

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