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IRELAND: Garda 'Big Brother' cameras to identify and track criminals

09 June 2016

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"CCTV cameras with facial recognition capabilities are to be rolled out across the country as part of a major €200m overhaul of how gardaí tackle crime.

Garda stations are also to be equipped with an 'Enterprise Content Management System', which will allow CCTV to be shared by officers around the country.

The system is part of a major modernisation plan to be outlined by Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan today.

The plan includes a €200m upgrade of the force's out-of-date technology and comes after a report from the independent Garda Inspectorate revealed how some Garda computer systems are 30 years out of date.

The new CCTV cameras will be able to identify wanted persons and alert gardaí, meaning that if a suspect for a crime in one area is picked up on CCTV in another, gardaí in both locations will be notified automatically."

See the article: Garda 'Big Brother' cameras to identify and track criminals (Irish Indepenent, link)

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