Case Study: Southern California Police Department achieves faster suspect identification and major cost savings with Veritone IDentify

Southern California Police Department - Customer Case Study

The Southern California Police Department faced significant challenges in identifying suspects from video evidence, relying on slow, manual processes like sifting through thousands of arrest records and distributing BOLOs. This inefficient system, managed by their Gang and Homicide units, consumed vast resources and left many lower-priority cases unsolved. They turned to Veritone and its IDentify solution to automate the process of linking known offenders to criminal activities.

Veritone IDentify allowed the department to upload its database of 20,000 known offender images and automatically compare them to faces in digital evidence. This solution enabled rapid suspect identification from a centralized platform, saving investigators substantial time. The implementation resulted in over 50 suspect matches in under eight months and generated an average cost savings of $26,500 per case by eliminating the need for extensive manual labor and surveillance.