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.
An automated fingerprint identification system (AFIS) promising revolutionary performance and accuracy benefits at scale based on new innovations in artificial…
The IDENT database held by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will hold biometric data from at least 259…
A contract to supply biometric technology to India’s new national facial recognition system has not been awarded as planned, as…
The UK government has released the first annual report from the Biometrics and Forensic Ethics Group (BFEG) two years later…
The Karnataka State Police Department in India is organizing the first edition of the “India Police Hackathon 2019,” writes the…
INTERPOL Secretary General Jürgen Stock has emphasized to Project Kalkan countries the importance of collecting and sharing biometric data with…
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit to obtain records relating to their use of biometric facial recognition…
Copenhagen police could gain a “huge advantage” in investigations by implementing a biometric facial recognition system to scan footage from…
The biometric analysis platform used by Australian Federal Police (AFP) is NEC’s NeoFace, a report from ZDNet has revealed. An…
Australia’s plans to leverage biometrics to authenticate users of government services has hit another setback, as the Joint Committee on…
