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Police Deploy AI Facial Recognition at Phra Pathom Chedi Festival

Provincial Police Region 7 Commander Pol. Maj. Gen. Sirthachhet Khru Wathana Setthi inspected security preparations for the Phra Pathom Chedi Worship Festival in Nakhon Pathom. Police will deploy AI facial recognition technology to identify wanted individuals and use the NP-CARE LINE platform for public assistance. The initiative follows the national police chief's policy to enhance tourist safety through community policing and technology.

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Provincial Police Region 7 Commander Pol. Maj. Gen. Sirthachhet Khru Wathana Setthi visited the Phra Pathom Chedi Worship Festival in Nakhon Pathom province to oversee tourist safety, with the AI Police Cyborg system deployed to help identify wanted individuals. On November 12, 2026, Pol. Maj. Gen. Sirthachhet inspected the festival area in Mueang Nakhon Pathom district, accompanied by senior officers including Nakhon Pathom Provincial Police Commander Pol. Maj. Gen. Phithak Upphong, Mueang Nakhon Pathom Police Station Superintendent Pol. Col. Achirawat Thaworncharoenwat, Deputy Superintendent Pol. Lt. Col. Tawan Wathanarangsan, Deputy Inspector Pol. Lt. Col. Apichat Arhang, and Mueang Nakhon Pathom police officers. Pol. Maj. Gen. Sirthachhet inspected and monitored police operations for the festival taking place in mid-November to ensure tourist safety in accordance with National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Samran Nuanma's policy, focusing on three key points: 1. Strengthening safety measures and public care through community policing, emphasizing foot patrols to engage with the public, business operators, and vendors within the festival. 2. Monitoring the use of technology to enhance public services, employing the NP-CARE (Nakhon Pathom Community Assistance & Rapid Emergency) platform via LINE Official Account to provide convenient access to information, location and shop searches, and channels for incident reporting and assistance requests, under the concept of shifting from waiting for the public to come to the police to bringing police services closer to the public through mobile phones, with the slogan "One LINE, Every CARE. Police Ready to Care, Near You Always." 3. Tracking the deployment of AI crime prevention technology, monitoring the use of Region 7's System 1.0 which employs face detection and comparison against a wanted persons database to support operations, helping screen individuals on watchlists, increasing efficiency in crime prevention and suppression; when offenders are detected, they will be processed through the justice system. This field visit by Pol. Maj. Gen. Sirthachhet drives the integration of police operations, public engagement, and technology.

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