Government to organise Hackathon on 5G technology for law enforcement, discuss 360-degree surveillance and predictive policing
The HinduThe government is organising a Hackathon to develop applications and tools that would help law enforcement agencies leverage the 5G technology for better policing. Rajesh Kumar, CEO of the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre said that 5G enables faster data transfer and it will help police make better decisions at a scene of crime as information can be relayed to the headquarters at a higher speed. One of the problem statements listed on the website vimarsh.tcoe.in is to find solutions and develop apps to get real time location of mobile users with internal authentication process. The app gathers information such as time, date, speed and direction of the target,” adding that the mobile phone user’s real-time location helps in controlling planned crime, tracing a victim and crowd control.