The booth of an AI glasses company draws a large crowd of visitors at the sixth China International Consumer Products Expo in Haikou, Hainan province, in April. LUO YUNFEI/CHINA NEWS SERVICE
With the assistance of smart glasses equipped with cameras, recognition systems and real-time internet connectivity, police officers can walk the streets and quickly identify objects, signs, license plates and more. By leveraging big data for real-time comparisons, they can proactively detect anomalies in a way that was once confined to sci-fi movies, but is now unfolding for real on the streets of Tianjin.
"These glasses make our patrols and checks much more efficient, helping us proactively detect and respond to emergencies," said Zhao Baoxin, a police officer at the Jiefang Road police station of the Heping district public security subbureau in Tianjin.
The first made-for-police-use smart glasses in China have been independently developed by the Tianjin public security system — with all software and hardware made domestically. They are changing traffic management, routine patrols and urban governance.
In the past, patrolling relied primarily on visual observation. Today, smart glasses are widely employed in scenarios such as traffic management, street patrols and locating missing people, continually improving urban governance and public services. This technology enables law enforcement to respond with greater precision and speed.
