Picture courtesy of Sophon.

 

Tourism police in Pattaya have showcased the effectiveness of Artificial Intelligence (AI) cameras in capturing wanted criminals, reporting a total of 402 arrests, nationwide, since the system’s introduction.

 

At Pattaya Tourist Police Station, Police Lieutenant General Sakdira Phueak-am, Commander of the Tourist Police Division, along with Senior Police Officers Thongwut Chueaplakit and Tolarb Tinamat, joined other tourism police in a nationwide video conference to review the AI camera program under the initiative, “Advanced Tourist Police: AI Cameras Connecting Databases to Catch Criminals.”

 

Currently, AI cameras have been installed in ten key provinces including Pattaya, Suvarnabhumi, Chiang Mai, Phuket and Nakhon Ratchasima. The cameras link to the Central Investigation Bureau’s (CIB) database of wanted persons, helping authorities intercept offenders before they commit crimes in tourist areas.

 

The latest case in Pattaya saw the cameras detect, 24-year-old Ms. Chatralikan, wanted under a Chiang Mai Criminal Court warrant for charges including gang activity, fraud, computer data forgery and money laundering. She was arrested in Bang Lamung District and has been transferred to Chiang Mai for legal proceedings and is recorded as the 399th suspect apprehended through the AI system.

 

Police Lieutenant General Sakdira revealed that since the system began, tourism police have apprehended a total of 402 suspects, with Nakhon Ratchasima recording the highest number of arrests at 151. The system has also successfully intercepted high-profile offenders involved in major cases, including call centre gangs, “mule” accounts, drug offences and large-scale fraud.

 

As the first law enforcement body to deploy operational AI cameras, the Tourist Police Division hopes the technology will contribute to safer tourist destinations and enhance public confidence in the security of tourist areas.

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Sophon 2025-08-24

 

 

 

Next they will be apprehending speedsters and red light runners from the air-conditioned comfort of their offices.

Next, they may use AI to fine people riding motorcycles without helmets, or even fine speeding drivers!!!

 

But, then again, TIT.

I'm old.

Is this AI system what we used to call facial recognition software and license plate readers?

8 hours ago, Peabody said:

I'm old.

Is this AI system what we used to call facial recognition software and license plate readers?

Yes, everything old is new again. Maybe they can get the laziest and most corrupt men in brown to teach the AI proper police techniques.

13 hours ago, Peabody said:

I'm old.

Is this AI system what we used to call facial recognition software and license plate readers?

It is just facial recognition using machine learning with, quite old tech, 10 years old at least, however it was expensive to run it before. Today it's faster and cheaper. US has been doing it for a decade already.

 

The "AI Cameras" are not really an AI camera, what they do is sending live stream to a central hardware that processes each frame or group of frames using the already trained models with the suspects images. every  time a new suspect image is added to the database they need to retrain to update the model.

However there are advanced features that the AI model can do such as detecting suspicious behavior and anomalies. 

The hardware is expensive, something that can process 10-20 live streams be costing at least 1-2M Baht today. 

 

I dont know which models and hardware the local police uses, anyone knows?

 

On 8/24/2025 at 7:15 AM, mikebell said:

Next they will be apprehending speedsters and red light runners from the air-conditioned comfort of their offices.

Hopefully! 👍