Western Australia Police criticized for cutting corners on LFR consultation, PIA
Western Australia Police invited additional criticism and controversy into their June pilot of live facial recognition with transparency and consultation…
Law Enforcement
Law enforcement biometrics refers to applications and biometric systems which aid law enforcement agencies. While most often fingerprints, DNA, and in some cases facial recognition, this is a wide-ranging category and can include AFIS, ABIS, mobile identification systems, criminal ID solutions, fingerprint recognition, surveillance, as well as access control systems.
British Transport Police extends live facial recognition trial into Underground stations
The British Transport Police (BTP) are expanding its live facial recognition trial with deployments in London Underground stations. The first…
DHS privacy assessment reveals scope of Secret Service HELIX surveillance system
The U.S. Secret Service has transformed an older White House camera network into a searchable surveillance platform that combines facial…
Born bad – can biometrics decode criminality?
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner As we look to facial recognition and other biometrics to…
Immigration enforcement drives surge in FBI DNA database
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) may have added nearly 920,000 DNA profiles to the FBI’s national criminal database in…
LEO Technologies extends prison surveillance from calls to voices, faces, and behavior
LEO Technologies has launched a pair of AI products that expand correctional surveillance beyond the content of incarcerated people’s communications,…
Albania tenders multimodal biometrics center, mobile police identification devices
Albania’s national State Police force is contracting technology for a new multimodal biometric identification center and mobile devices to improve…
Deepfakes become part of organized crime’s industrial technology stack
In coverage of how generative AI technology and deepfaked biometrics have transformed the fraud landscape, the word “scale” comes up…
Essex Police resume Corsight AI LFR with 57 arrests, no false matches
Resumed deployments of live facial recognition from Corsight AI by Essex Police have led to dozens of arrests without a…
ICE relies on covert browsing infrastructure to monitor online activity
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has built a covert browsing capability that allows investigators to monitor social media, online communities…
