Calgary Police Roll Out Body Cameras With Live Translation Capability
The Calgary Police Service has launched a real-time translation feature on officers’ body-worn cameras, allowing them to communicate with people in more than 50 languages. The feature, which makes use of artificial intelligence-enabled software, will allow officers to use push-to-talk functionality for bidirectional conversations in foreign languages, according to a June 1 news release. The [...]
TL;DR
- Calgary Police Service now has a real-time translation feature on body-worn cameras.
- The feature supports communication in over 50 languages.
- It utilizes artificial intelligence-enabled software for push-to-talk bidirectional conversations.
- The goal is to bridge language barriers during police interactions with the public.
- Translated conversations are recorded in real time and stored securely.
- Officers can switch between languages during a conversation.