Railways to use ISS system to detect terrorists: DG RPF

New Delhi: In view of persisting terror threats, Integrated Security System (ISS) is being installed at several railway stations to detect the suspected terrorists and identify the unattended luggage from the railway premises as well as the train coaches.
In an interview with IANS, Arun Kumar, Director General of RPF said, “Other than the deployment of the RPF and the RPSF (Railway Protection Security Force) we have launched a commando battalion known as CORAS commando.” Kumar said that the RPF is now harnessing technology in a big way as far as railway safety is concerned.
“Under the ISS, we have installed a number of CCTV cameras at a number of places, in train coaches, railway stations and we are going to analyze the feed from the CCTV cameras, using this artificial intelligence. This will provide us important feedback for the safety of the railway premises,” he said.
“We have used the face detection technology as a pilot project in Bengaluru and now it has also been installed at New Delhi railway station and several other stations. In the face detection system, we also have software to collect feedback from the CCTV (Closed Circuit Television) cameras. We feed the software with the known criminals and terrorists sketches and photographs.” “And when that particular person comes in the camera, it gives alert to the system installed in the control room,” Kumar said.