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Developing augmented reality tools to tackle crime and terrorism
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DARLENE (DEEP AR LAW ENFORCEMENT ECOSYSTEM) is an EU-funded H2020 project aiming to apply cutting-edge augmented reality (AR) technology to help law enforcement agencies (LEAs) and first responders make more informed and rapid decisions when tackling crime and terrorism. Currently in its second year, the project partners are developing innovative augmented reality (AR) tools to improve situational awareness of police officers responding to criminal and terrorist activities. Combining innovative AR smart glass technology and powerful computer vision algorithms with 5G network architectures, DARLENE aims for agile processing of real-time data by law enforcement agencies in high-pressure situations. The project will also carry out two pilot use cases to demonstrate the various capabilities of all its solutions. The DARLENE project is coordinated by the Centre for Research & Technology, Hellas (CERTH), joined by fifteen partners from ten European countries. Learn more about DARLENE through our latest brochure here. | |
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DARLENE Plenary Meeting
The DARLENE Project's Plenary Meeting was held on from 27th to 28th July 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal. During the meeting, the project partners updated each other on progress made and held brainstorming sessions to concretise the next steps to ensure that the DARLENE project objectives are met. These discussions were valuable in receiving feedback from one another and in setting the foundation for the final year of the project. The plenary meeting was vital for the coordination of various activities, such as the enhancement of the DARLENE solution, the planning of the forthcoming training activities, the integration of ethical and legal principles, and methods to increase the impact of DARLENE among our key stakeholders. | |
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Joint Evaluation Workshop
On June 29 2022, the Joint Evaluation Workshop, took place on the premises of Lietuvos policija in Vilnius, Lithuania. This workshop concluded the first round of the Training-of-Trainers (ToT) program. The ToT program aims to train Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) to use DARLENE technologies, and allows them to provide feedback and clarifies any doubts about the DARLENE tools.
During this follow-up workshop based on the first round of ToT sessions, the partners had the opportunity to discuss the outcomes of the ToT training which will set the foundation for the next round of training. We also gained feedback from the LEA perspective on the different aspects of the project including ethics, technological support and dissemination/communication.
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Training of trainers sessions
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Most recent ToT sessions in Germany and Portugal
The Training of Trainers (ToT) sessions are meant to equip LEA trainers with the skills to use DARLENE technology effectively and ethically. In particular, six ToT sessions took place between May 3rd and June 8th 2022, in which officers of the LEA partners of DARLENE have participated. The ToT events are listed below: 1. Munich, Germany – May 03-04 2. Lisbon, Portugal – May 12-13 3. Bilbao, Spain – May 17-18 4. Kaunas, Lithuania – May 24-25 5. Larnaca, Cyprus – June 01-02 6. Valencia, Spain – June 07-08
The first DARLENE Training-of-Trainers event took place at the University of Applied Sciences for Public Service in Bavaria/Department for Policing (HFOED) in Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany between the 3rd and 4th of May 2022.
- During the first day of lectures, DARLENE technical and academic partners introduced the concept and architecture of the project to a group of six Bavarian police officers.
- On the second day of the training, the police officers had the chance to test the functionalities of the first prototype of the DARLENE system and provided their feedback, which will be used for the further development of the prototype.
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The second DARLENE Training-of-Trainers event took place at Polícia Judiciária in Lisbon, Portugal, between the 11th and 12th of May 2022. - During the first day of lectures, DARLENE technical and academic partners introduced the concept and architecture of the project to a group of five Portuguese criminal investigators.
- On the second day of the training, the police officers had the chance to test the functionalities of the first prototype of the DARLENE system in a shooting range and provided their feedback, which will be used for the further development of the prototype.
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Project dissemination activities | |
Presentation of DARLENE during the science exhibition by FORTH
DARLENE project partners introduced the project to key stakeholders at the Cultural Conference Center of Heraklion (Greece) as part of the science exhibition of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH). Partners highlighted the solutions developed to assist law enforcement agencies' first responders in their fight against terrorism and organised crime. | |
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Recognising that our projects have common stakeholders and similar objectives in supporting law enforcement against organised crime and terrorism, we have formed a cluster with these objectives: - To share knowledge to support law enforcement against money-laundering, cybercrime, organised crime and terrorism, such as using webinars for the partners in the cluster.
- To leverage dissemination activities through LEA cluster project mentions on our websites and distributing LEA cluster project news through our newsletter.
- To ensure the coherence and complementarity of our recommendations to the EC, LEAs and other stakeholders.
- To explore a degree of interoperability or compatibility between our technical platforms, modules and/or services.
- To explore synergies, research opportunities and possible joint exploitation activities.
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Insights from LEA Cluster project partners | |
CC-DRIVER's LEA Working Group Insights on “The role of gender in cybercrime”
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| The 6th Edition of the DARLENE LEA Cluster partner, CC-DRIVER's LEA Working Group, addressed the role of gender in cybercrime. It was discussed how and why women and girls experience more cyber-violence in its many forms, such as abuse of intimate pictures, cyberstalking, sexual coercion and sextortion, grooming and online hate speech. Women who are public figures experience this even more commonly and harshly. Such experiences make women feel less safe online, it threatens their freedom of speech and can even coerce them into being silenced. |
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“Innovative 5G services and experimentation for Public Protection and Disaster Relief” Webinar organised by 5G-EPICENTRE
On June 24, 2022, 5G-EPICENTRE organised the webinar titled “Innovative 5G services and experimentation" to present the project and its goals to Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PPDR) community practitioners. DARLENE and its LEA partners participated to the webinar.
The main scope of the webinar was to examine the project from a domain-specific viewpoint and present interesting applications and 5G-based PPDR services enabled by the 5G-EPICENTRE tools for experimentation. Therefore, four (4) out of the eight (8) use cases of 5G-EPICENTRE were presented from the end users' point-of-view, aiming to highlight the added value that the LEAs would gain from the proposed solutions.
The webinar was valuable for both projects in terms of information sharing and learning from each other's best practices. More information regarding the webinar can be found here. | |
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The DARLENE project was featured in the JASON Institute for Peace and Security Studies by our project partner, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Building on the research conducted within the DARLENE H2020 project, this article examines the ability of first responders to improve the handling of post-combat emergencies like that of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. In the midst of Europe’s worst security crisis in decades, this article attempts to flag the possibilities for augmented reality as an emerging solution to enhance first responders’ situational awareness and support tough decision-making during emergencies.
Read the full article here. | |
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Contact details Project Coordinator: Dr. Nikolaos Dimitriou Information Technologies Institute (CERTH / ITI) 6th Km Charilaou-Thermi Road 57001 (PO Box 60361) Thermi-Thessaloniki, Greece Telephone: +30 2311 257777 info@darleneproject.eu Dissemination & Communication Manager: Dr Yerasimos Yerasimou (eBOS Technologies) yerasimosy@ebos.com.cy | |
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