Clearer guidelines are needed, and possibly a change to the age of criminal responsibility, to ensure the collection of biometrics…
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.
UK police infrequently following facial recognition transparency recommendations
Many police forces in the UK are falling short of the regulatory and ethical obligations they take on when deploying…
Miami police use Clearview’s facial recognition in shoplifting investigations
Clearview AI has reached a milestone, with American police performing a million facial recognition searches to investigate crimes of varying…
Automate review of child abuse content with biometrics: AIC paper
A new Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) paper shows how biometric software can help identify perpetrators to link child sexual…
Pimloc unveils Australian video anonymization integration, North American expansion
Pimloc has announced the first major deployment of its automated video redaction API in Australia, through a deal with body-camera…
Studies show US police facial recognition use is advancing without thinking through harms
Two new studies on facial recognition and policing in the southern seaboard of the U.S. do little to increase the…
Motorola to add facial recognition to mobile policing app Pronto
Motorola Solutions has announced a trial of facial recognition capabilities on its mobile policing app Pronto, which already supports fingerprint…
UK biometric ethics group to consider implications of gait and voice recognition
Gait and voice biometrics are becoming more interesting to government and law enforcement agencies, prompting a need for ethical guidance,…
SuperCom picks up last phase of suspect-monitoring project in Romania
The second phase of a tracking-and-reporting project in Romania has been approved. SuperCom has agreed to a contract continuation valued…
California skeptic of facial recognition use by cops now sees an opportunity
The state of California‘s three-year moratorium on police use of facial biometrics surveillance using body cams (AB1215) quietly ended in…
