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KCI uses camera analytics to ban sexual offenders from using train service
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On the move: Passengers board the Electric Train (KRL) at Manggarai Station, Jakarta, on May 25, 2020. (Antara/Muhammad Adimaja)
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ommuter Line operator PT KAI Commuter (KCI) has been using CCTV analytics technology to prevent perpetrators of sexual harassment from using its services, amid rising reports of sexual abuse inside its trains, with at least 57 incidents being recorded so far this year.
KCI spokesperson Joni Martinus said the company had input the perpetrators’ details, including facial features, heights and postures, into the database of the CCTV analytics technology. It can still accurately identify the sexual abuse offenders even if they use masks or covered their faces, the company claimed.
“[The technology] will alert security guards should any perpetrators try to use the Commuter Line service ever again,” Joni said in a statement recently, adding that the ban was effective for life. The company makes use of the same technology in all service areas across Greater Jakarta and Yogyakarta.
As of October, KCI has banned 57 passengers from using its services following reports of sexual abuse from fellow passengers. The figure increased significantly compared to 2023 and 2022, when the company received 41 and 31 reports of sexual harassment inside its trains, respectively.
Another spokesperson for KCI, Leza Arlan, explained to The Jakarta Post on Monday that if the company receives a report of sexual abuse, related officials would investigate the case by analyzing footage from CCTV cameras inside the trains and on the stations.
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They would then help the victim to report the perpetrator to the police. However, even if the victim decides not to press charges for any reason, the company would still blacklist the perpetrator from using the commuter line trains.
