On the occasion of the match between France and Israel in the Nations Football League this Thursday, November 14, the police headquarters plans to use algorithmic video surveillance to detect various events.
“Exceptional measures for an exceptional match”. This is what the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, promised concerning the match which will pit the French team against that of Israel this Thursday, November 14.
Among these measures is the use of algorithmic video surveillance, which was tested during the 2024 Olympics and which the government wishes to generalize. It consists of adding artificial intelligence software responsible for analyzing video surveillance images in real time in order to detect, for example, suspicious behavior.
Dealing with possible disturbances to public order
In a decree published this Wednesday, November 13, the police headquarters specifies that it will use the Cityvision system from the company Wintics during the match which will take place at the Stade de France. More specifically, it will be used from 4 p.m. this Thursday, November 14 and until 2 a.m. on Friday, November 15.
It will be used to detect various events, such as the presence of abandoned objects, a crowd movement, the start of fires or even a person on the ground following a fall.
Algorithmic video surveillance will thus be one of the measures used by the police headquarters to deal with possible disturbances to public order, such as protest demonstrations against this sporting event or the attack on local supporters of the football team. Israel. She hopes, like the Minister of the Interior, to avoid the violence that occurred in Amsterdam last week, during the match between Ajax Amsterdam and the Israeli team Macabi Tel-Aviv.
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