Futuristic police car is actually a reality?
The crime fighting futuristic police car is here! Equipped with an array of technology, a prototype was put on display at the Free State ICT Summit 2015.
Held in Bloemfontein, this year’s Free State ICT Summit gave Vodacom and Samsung a chance to show off their futuristic police car.
Featuring an array of high-end technological features, all of which is linked to a central control room (via 3G/LTE). This allows this futuristic police car to be monitored externally, in real-time! Ensuring the safety of the occupants and letting the control room get an idea of exactly what is happening around the vehicle.
During the summit a Golf GTi was used as a prototype, however due to the technology’s modular design – it can be fitted into almost any police vehicle.
This futuristic police car is said to be commercially available early in 2016 – with security companies, emergency medical services and cash in transit companies being the main focus.
So what exactly can this futuristic police car actually do?
It features a day/night camera that is capable of sending video, voice, instant messages and images to the relevant control in real time. Meaning the control centre will be granted visuals of everything that the vehicle can see, as it happens!
All data captured by the vehicle will be time-stamped and geographically tagged, meaning the whereabouts of any officers or staff member using the vehicle, at any given point, will always be known.
“All data sent between the vehicles and the control centre will also be encrypted, ensuring security. Furthermore, the central control facility will be able to monitor, activate, and deactivate devices remotely,” said Vodacom.
The video camera systems will also be linked to the Department of Transport and Home Affairs’ databases, allowing the vehicle to automatically monitor license plates of other road users and issue infringements with almost no input from the officer!
Any outstanding fines or tickets for prior infringements will also be linked to these databases, allowing the vehicle to print out notices via a mobile printer. The information being automatically populated from these wirelessly connected databases!
Smart vests for the officers using each vehicle would be issued, being able to send information about their physical condition to the vehicle and therefore to the control centre!
Heart rate, blood pressure and posture could all be accurately measured and used to determine if an officer is in danger, or has been shot. Help can then be sent without the officer having to call for it and this would happen real time as the event occurred.
Vodacom said similar solutions have already been deployed in New Zealand and Italy with great success.
Source: Mybroadband.co.za