Indian government plans expansion of biometric database for law enforcement
India’s Ministry of Home Affairs is planning to propose increased fingerprint collection for use in its Crime and Criminal Tracking…
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.
Changes to King County proposal to fund biometrics causes controversy
Voters in King County, Washington are voting on a proposition to renew a property tax as part of the primary…
US House Homeland Security Committee advances biometric data sharing bill
The United States House Homeland Security Committee has advanced the Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program (BITMAP) Authorization Act of…
IDEMIA introduces new Automated Fingerprint Identification System
IDEMIA has launched a new Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) specially tailored for latent print examiners. IDEMIA Case AFIS reduces…
Big Brother Watch takes UK police to court over use of public facial recognition as trials continue
Civil liberties group Big Brother Watch has filed a legal challenge to the use of automatic facial recognition by UK…
Amazon to continue selling facial recognition technology to law enforcement
Amazon will not make any changes to the way it markets and provides facial recognition and other technologies to U.S….
Altered fingerprints on the rise in Massachusetts
Massachusetts State Police have arrested 795 suspects with deliberately altered fingerprints since 2010 in the state identified as having the…
UK mayor contemplates using face recognition to catch litterbugs
In an interview with the Bristol Live Mayor Marvin Rees said that Bristol City Council’s facial recognition technology could probably…
Nigeria to collect biometrics from security guards to reduce crime
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) is planning to collect biometrics from security guards in the country, followed…
INTERPOL hosts law enforcement showcase for facial recognition and other advanced technologies
Law enforcement and technology experts gathered at the INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation in Singapore to consider practical policing applications…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection