Rawlson King, lead analyst for Biometrics Research Group, Inc. takes an in-depth look at the spending and programs that the U.S. Government is engaged in surrounding homeland security initiatives. Read the report here. (new window)
SpeechPro has announced that the Criminal Investigations Unit of the Nepalese Police is now using its Forensic Audio Workstation for its forensic and voice identification needs. According to the company, specialists from Nepal were trained by the SpeechPro training unit on the new system. Reported previously, SpeechPro and Voxeo Corporation inked a partnership earlier this year to deliver SpeechPro’s VoiceKey Intelligent Voice Authentication solution to customers using Voxeo Interactive Voice Response services. Voicekey is a speaker recognition platform which uses a
Rawlson King, lead analyst for Biometrics Research Group, Inc. takes an in-depth look at market size, purchasing patterns and biometric technologies for the law enforcement market in the United States. Read the report here (new window).
Representing a $1.2 billion investment by the U.S. federal government, the FBI’s massive Next Generation Identification (NGI) program is a ten-year lifecycle project that hinges on biometric identification technologies and has seen privacy advocates butt heads with law enforcement since its inception. Split into six “increments,” Lockheed Martin was awarded a contract in 2008 to design, build and implement the program on behalf of the FBI, which ultimately aims to enhance the abilities of the agency’s aging IAFIS from the
ROK Global has announced that its ROK Homeland Security service app has been contracted for a further multi-year term by unspecified law enforcement agencies in the U.S. The app, which includes fingerprint recognition and photo and video date verification features, is a suite of 10 integrated mobile applications with a PC management interface. According to the company, the app, which was designed with UK police agencies, has already been successfully used in several states for law enforcement, border patrol, physical security
BiometricUpdate.com has just published its very first digital magazine, focused on the use of biometric technologies in law enforcement. This issue also includes original research analysis from the Biometrics Research Group, in which research lead Rawlson King crunches the numbers for law enforcement biometrics and gives a high-level look at where the industry is headed. Download this digital magazine to read offline, or view it right here in your browser. Share the link with your colleagues and let us know
Using the same optical technology designed to track defense missiles, a rocket scientist by the name of Brian Barsamian has developed Kid-Print, a mobile app that allows parents to create high-resolution fingerprint IDs for the entire family. Here’s the catch – Barsamian’s technology doesn’t use an embedded sensor. Instead, it uses existing smartphone cameras, and digitally increases image resolution to create usable files for law enforcement. “The complexity of child safety issues facing parents and law enforcement is terrifying,” Barsamian
ImageWare Systems is set to support a pilot program for a U.S. federal agency to implement iris recognition throughout 20 state and local law enforcement agencies. Acting as a subcontractor to Iris ID, ImageWare will supply its QuickCapture application to public safety agencies participating in the one-year iris recognition pilot. ImageWare’s technology will be used to manage multiple types of Electronic Biometric Transmission Specification transactions. Though the announcement from ImageWare says the contract is with an undisclosed federal agency, it is
BI2 Technologies has announced that it’s just been awarded a contract for its iris biometric technologies at the Washington, D.C. Department of Corrections. “We are honored and pleased to have been selected by the Washington, D.C. Department of Corrections (DCDOC) to implement our Inmate Recognition and Identification System and Mobile Offender Recognition and Information System,” Sean G. Mullin, president and CEO of BI2 Technologies said. The company’s Inmate Recognition and Identification System (IRIS) is designed for correctional facilities and features applications
Japan and the United states are looking to formalize an agreement for sharing fingerprints of convicted criminals. According to a report in the Japan News, the system will be rolled out in two stages and Japan is set to establish the legal framework in the country as soon as next year, with the intent of launching the system for investigations a ‘few years’ later. The way this has been envisioned is that either country could ask the other if they
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