Montreal buys 24 drones with facial recognition that will interrogate suspected criminals
The city of Montreal police service unveiled with great fanfare this morning the purchase of 24 surveillance drones to be deployed in Montreal North to assist the police in their fight against organized crime and street gangs. Buying more than $ 400 million fits in the policy of the city downsize police within the next 15 years and ensure the safety of the police in one of the areas most at risk of the city.
"It's very exciting," assures the Chief of police of the sector. "Initially, it will allow us to we used to work with this technology. The drones to facial recognition will patrol the streets 24 hours a day. Officers will interrogate individuals suspected of criminal acts or searched directly through speakers and microphones installed in the drones, but soon, they can be provided with appliances capable of neutralizing on-site suspects pending the intervention of the law enforcement officers. It will mainly make our less dangerous work, especially in an area where there are many social tension"said a coordinator of the SPVM, the project.
Questioned as to the means used by drones to neutralize the suspects, a spokesman for the SPVM has explained to us that "UAVs will carry persuasive technologies, but non-lethal types, such as electric shock, blinding or paralysing gases". "The possibilities are endless, but there will be no lethal weapons, at least, it is not intended for the moment" he kindly comment. [MORE]