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Facial Recognition in Law Enforcement: Solving Crimes with AI

Author: Julia Mykhailiuk
Modern police investigations increasingly rely on verified online tools that help detectives get closer to solving complex cases. How can facial recognition tools support law enforcement?
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What is facial recognition?

Facial recognition is basically a technology that is based on analyzing facial features. There are plenty of different implementations of it including facial recognition on phones, security cameras with embedded facial recognition features, and, for example, reverse face search, which basically analyzes a face from a photo.

Some of the best reverse face search tools available online are lenso.ai, eyematch.ai, and pimeyes.com. Law enforcement already actively uses these tools.

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How facial recognition helps in criminal investigations?

It is no secret that law enforcement agencies around the world actively use different tools that help them solve crimes or uncover new evidence, and facial recognition is one of the crucial ones.

Here are just a few reasons why facial recognition can be helpful:

  • Find more information about a suspect or victim using only their image
  • Verify their background
  • Search for any suspicious connections
  • Access other available data

What is even more important, you receive results almost immediately. You do not need to wait for an answer from different departments or labs, or perform a manual search. Thanks to facial recognition tools, you can at least get initial insights within seconds.

But of course, law enforcement should rely only on verified tools. That is why they should choose Pixalytica

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How does Pixalytica help law enforcement agencies?

Pixalytica is more than a facial recognition tool. It prepares full identity check reports based only on an image (optionally, you can also add a name and surname). Within less than 20 seconds, you will receive:

  • A report about a specific person with a confirmed name/surname (or flagged as unconfirmed if there is suspicion of a fake identity)
  • A background check with a risk score
  • All face search results with URL sources where the image was originally found
  • A short summary about that person
  • Any suspicious correlations
  • PEP status
  • Information about potential criminal activity

All of this is delivered in a simple PDF file:

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Pixalytica report

Thanks to Pixalytica, law enforcement can uncover a significant amount of information based only on an image. This can lead to new evidence or reveal previously unknown data.

Besides that, Pixalytica can be used as an external tool where police officers can log in, or it can be easily integrated via API into their existing systems.