SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Axon (Nasdaq:
AAXN), the global leader in connected law enforcement technologies,
today announced the completion of the industry's first center for
artificial intelligence (AI) training on public safety data. The AI
center is the first of its kind for analyzing police-specific data
and is designed to comply with the FBI's Criminal Justice
Information Services (CJIS) Security Policy. Public safety agencies
must opt-in to share data with the center, where it will be used to
train AI models that will automate workflows to make the public
safety community more efficient. The
center's heightened level of security will enable law enforcement
to take advantage of the benefits of artificial intelligence
through Axon products while ensuring the data used to develop these
systems is secure.
The team of specialists at the AI training center will work on
developing a range of future capabilities to help increase police
efficiency and efficacy, including software to enable vehicle,
speech and critical
event recognition. Initially, the team will focus on
training the AI algorithm for automatic license plate recognition
to aid law enforcement in automated data analysis. Today, without
the purchase of expensive, specialized hardware, officers must go
through the process of manually viewing license plates and
physically typing them into a system to match against a
database.
"Officers spend, on average, two-thirds of each shift sitting
behind a keyboard doing paperwork," says Moji Solgi, Axon's
Director of AI and Machine Learning. "Our team is applying AI,
machine learning and data science to common policing problems and
eliminating pain points for agencies, including manual paperwork.
The ultimate goal of the AI training center is to help accelerate
the introduction of AI-powered capabilities for public safety."
Axon formed its AI Research Team in February 2017 after acquiring two AI research and
engineering groups, Dextro and Misfit (previously part of Fossil
Group, Inc.). Additional AI solutions the team is currently working
on includes:
With more than 24 petabytes of
customer data currently active on Evidence.com, Axon is calling
upon agencies who are willing to participate in the AI training
program. Agencies interested in becoming a data partner can email
AI@axon.com to learn more.
About Axon
Axon is a network of devices, apps, and people that helps law
enforcement become smarter and safer. Our mission is to protect
life. Our technologies give law enforcement the confidence, focus
and time they need to keep their communities safe. Our products
impact every aspect of an officer's day-to-day experience:
- In the field - Our Smart Weapons offer a less-lethal
intermediate use of force response and our body-worn and in-car
cameras collect video evidence to capture the truth of an incident;
and our mobile applications enable simple evidence collection.
- At the station - Our secure, cloud-based digital
evidence management solution allows officers and command staff to
manage, review, share, and process digital evidence using forensic,
redaction, transcription, and other tools.
- In the courtroom - Our solutions for prosecutors make
collaborating across jurisdictions and agencies easy so that cases
can be resolved quickly.
We work hard for those who put themselves in harm's way for all
of us. To date, there are more than 226,900 software seats booked on the Axon
Network around the world and about
200,000 lives and countless dollars
have been saved with the Axon Network of devices, apps, and people.
Learn more at www.axon.com or by calling (800) 978-2737.
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