SOLVE MORE CASES IN FLORIDA
Florida police departments and sheriff’s offices use AFR Engine to accelerate investigations by generating human-reviewed investigative leads from surveillance frames, witness video, and other case imagery. Agencies have used AFR Engine to support investigations ranging from violent crime to property crime and repeat-offender activity.
AFR Engine is designed for lawful, post-event investigations with auditability, oversight, and policy-aligned use. The goal is not automated identification, AFR Engine helps investigators narrow large datasets into manageable candidate results for review and corroboration.
AUTHORIZED FLORIDA DATASET
AFR Engine supports investigations using a Florida-focused repository that includes public booking photo sources from dozens of Florida counties, including statewide sources such as Florida Department of Corrections and FDLE career criminal collections.
AFR Engine does not scrape or use social media images of the general public. Searches are limited to lawfully obtained datasets appropriate for law enforcement investigations.
WHY AGENCIES USE AFR ENGINE ALONGSIDE STATEWIDE TOOLS
Many Florida agencies have access to statewide facial search resources designed to help agencies search authorized in-state repositories. Those systems can be valuable for certain use cases, especially when suspect imagery is high quality.
In practice, investigators often work with low-quality images: side profiles, motion blur, poor lighting, partial occlusions, or compressed video stills. Florida agencies have told us that consistent lead generation under these real-world conditions is a primary reason they keep AFR Engine in their workflow.
Just as importantly, agencies often need more than a one-time search. They need tools that support follow-through, so leads are preserved, reviewed, and acted on over time with documentation and accountability.
INVESTIGATION-CENTRIC TOOLING
AFR Engine is built as an investigation platform, not a standalone face search interface. That means it is designed to support the work that happens after a search: continuity, collaboration, case progression, and responsible governance.
In day-to-day investigations, this often includes:
- Lead continuity over time so investigative work is not lost between shifts, units, or case reassignment
- Follow-through on unresolved cases when new authorized images become available
- Pattern review across incidents to help agencies identify potentially related activity across cases
- Contextual review so candidate results can be evaluated and documented efficiently
- Auditability and oversight to support policy compliance and supervisory review
The result is a platform that helps agencies move from “candidate results” to actionable investigative next steps, with controls designed for lawful use.
FREQUENT QUESTIONS FROM FLORIDA AGENCIES
Is AFR Engine a replacement for statewide facial search resources?
In many cases, agencies use AFR Engine alongside statewide resources. AFR Engine is designed to support investigation workflows, lead continuity, and real-world imagery conditions that investigators frequently encounter.
Does AFR Engine work with low-quality or side-profile images?
Yes, AFR Engine is designed for investigative reality, where the best available image may be a surveillance still or compressed video frame. All results remain subject to human review and corroboration.
Does AFR Engine use social media scraping?
No. AFR Engine does not scrape social media images of the general public. Searches are performed against authorized datasets intended for law enforcement investigative use.
How do you support accountability?
Responsible use requires auditability and oversight. AFR Engine supports search logging and workflow controls designed for policy-aligned casework.
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