Punjab Police to set up AI and machine learning lab

The Punjab Police on Wednesday inked an MoU with IIT-Ropar to establish a first-of-its-kind in-house Artificial Intelligence and machine learning laboratory.

Punjab Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said AI can assist police in the detection of criminal activities and fraud by identifying patterns and trends in large volumes of data while machine learning algorithms can help understand criminal behaviour and allocate resources accordingly.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Additional DGP, Technical Services, Ram Singh and Director of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar Rajeev Ahuja in the presence of DGP Yadav.

Yadav said the collaboration will not only pave the way for various technological innovations but will also help in harnessing cutting-edge technologies for predictive policing, crime pattern recognition and analysis, facial recognition and intelligent decision-making.