The public security secretariat of Santa Catarina, in southern Brazil, has put the first 211 cameras of its statewide facial recognition network into operation in 20 municipalities. The secretariat (SSP-SC) announced the delivery at a ceremony on November 12 marking its 91st anniversary.
The cameras form the first batch of the Integrated Intelligent Video Monitoring System (SIVI), which SSP-SC coordinates. The first phase cost 5.17 million reais. The high-resolution cameras process images at the edge using built-in computer vision and generate automatic alerts in real time. The secretariat said the technology makes it possible to identify people with outstanding arrest warrants as well as missing persons.
The installation also includes a modular data center, servers and switches for processing and retaining images, which the secretariat described as the infrastructure needed to run and expand the system.
The first cameras were installed in Araranguá, Balneário Camboriú, Balneário Piçarras, Barra Velha, Biguaçu, Bombinhas, Camboriú, Florianópolis, Garopaba, Imbituba, Itajaí, Itapema, Itapoá, Laguna, Navegantes, Palhoça, Penha, Porto Belo, São Francisco do Sul and Sombrio, a list that includes the state capital and much of the coast.
The full project is budgeted at 42.5 million reais and calls for 1,000 cameras in 60 municipalities with populations of at least 26,500. According to SSP-SC, the network will cover regions where more than 70 percent of the state’s residents live.
Public Security Secretary Colonel Flávio Graff said SSP-SC has also published a price registration record, a Brazilian procurement instrument that lets other public bodies buy under the same tender terms, so that municipalities and other agencies can join the project and extend coverage. So far, 53 public entities have expressed interest in joining.
The state presents the program as a way to combine state, municipal and private investment, with a potential total of 1 billion reais in public security technology. The plan is to expand the number of cameras gradually and to increase information sharing between institutions.
Vice Governor Marilisa Boehm described the delivery as part of the state’s investment in technology and intelligence for public security, saying tools such as facial recognition expand the capacity of the police forces.
Sources: SSP-SC
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By the ID Tech Editorial Team
