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Cross Match introduces the newest member of the SEEK family

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Cross Match Technologies has announced the launch of the new SEEK Avenger mobile handheld unit, aimed at immigration, customs, border control, law enforcement and security communities. Officially launched at the Security Document World exhibition, the new device incorporates Cross Match’s MOBS software, as well as secure credential reader and communication options. “With thousands of handheld units in the field and excellent customer relationships, the company’s engineers and product managers gained critical feedback,” John Hinmon, head of Marketing at Cross Match said. “The

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Allevate and Tygart unveil facial recognition media exploitation system for European law enforcement

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Allevate and Tygart Technology have just joined forces to offer a solution that automates forensic bulk-processing of media for intelligence purposes to cost-constrained European law enforcement agencies. Supported by Tygart, Allevate has now incorporated Tygart’s MXSERVER into its portfolio of solutions available to European intelligence, law enforcement and government agencies. According to the company, Tygart’s MXSERVER processes vast amounts of textual, video and photo collections quickly – automatically discovering, grouping and extracting segments depicting people. Using facial recognition, MXSERVERsearches media

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Animetrics unveils cloud-based facial recognition subscription service

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Animetrics has announced the availability of ID-Ready, a subscription-based service for smaller law enforcement agencies. According to the company, the new services takes a grainy, partial view, angulated 2D facial image, applies 2D-to-3D algorithms and corrects the pose of the face, so that facial recognition is possible. “ID Ready essentially takes a bad images and makes a mugshot out of it,” Paul Schuepp, Animetrics CEO said. The new system works as law enforcement personnel upload a 2D photo to Animetrics servers

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Americans mostly in favor of facial recognition at public events: poll

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Based on a new CNN/Time/Orc poll, Americans have indicated they are particularly worried about the government snooping in on their digital communications, but are mostly in favor of facial recognition technologies. From the report, 59% oppose email and cell phone surveillance (up 13% from 2006), but 79% are in favor of using facial recognition at various locations and public events and 81% support expanded camera surveillance on streets and in public places. These findings come shortly after the United States’

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MEPs back deal with Council on police access to Eurodac fingerprint data

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On the back of a new deal, EU member states’ police forces and Europol could gain access to asylum seekers’ fingerprint information in the Eurodac database in a move to fight terrorism and serious crime. The new provisional deal between Parliament and Council endorsed by the Civil Liberties Committee, assures that personal data would be protected and police access would be limited to cases with major public security concerns. According to the European Parliament, Eurodac stores the fingerprints of asylum seekers over

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Cross Match provides palm scanners to NEC for Japanese national law enforcement

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Cross Match Technologies has announced that a custom version of its L SCAN 500P palm scanner has been delivered to NEC for deployment by the Japanese national law enforcement agency. According to the company, this deployment represents another step in the cooperation between Cross Match, NEC and the end user. “Cross Match provided the first generation palm scanners to the agency back in 1996/1997, as one of the few companies able to meet the stringent technical requirements,” Roberto Wolfer, product manager for

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Researchers discover method for lifting fingerprints from fruits

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Researchers at Abertay University in Scotland have found a way to extract latent fingerprints from fruits and vegetables – a previously daunting task. According to a report in STV news, this is said to be the first time this has ever been achieved in the UK and could lead to more comprehensive evidence gathering in future investigations. “Although there are proven techniques to recover fingerprints from many different surfaces these days, there are some surfaces that remain elusive, such as feathers,

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Danish Police turn to Steria for AFIS and biometrics system

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The Danish Police has selected Steria for an eight-year biometrics program. The project will build upon the Danish Police’s existing biometrics system, with the company’s automated fingerprint identification system, SteriaAFIS. Along with the SteriaAFIS, the company will provide the Danish Police with a range of in-house solutions and tools, including the SteriaFIT and enrolment stations with livescanners. According to the company, once built, these solutions will meet the Police’s specific needs and enable fast, electronic capture and biometric matching of fingerprints

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Facial recognition approved for law enforcement in Oviedo, FL

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Local police forces in Florida are looking to start using facial recognition software to identify suspected criminals. Reported first on WFTV Eyewitness News, this system has just been approved for use in the city of Oviedo, and has been in use in some districts since last year. According to the report, this “system is somewhat controversial because it allows law enforcement to search through driver’s license photos, even if you’ve never been accused of a crime.” The software, developed by

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FastFingerprints brings FDLE-approved background checks to Ohio

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FastFingerprints, a division of National Background Check, Inc., has announced that it will provide customers in Ohio with the opportunity to process Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) approved fingerprint background checks. “Due to our location and the number of people traveling from Ohio to Florida, we receive regular requests to complete required Florida background checks,” Tina Lapp, FastFingerprints owner said. “It makes perfect sense to offer our approved Florida live scan background check services to residents of Ohio and

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