Welsh police match fingerprint from WhatsApp image
South Wales Police have convicted a drug dealer on 11 charges based on fingerprints captured from a photograph in a…
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.
U.S. Homeland Security collecting migrant biometrics in Mexico
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has installed “scores” of screening terminals in detention centers to collect biometric data from…
Social media, databases, behavioral identifiers said future of law enforcement biometrics
“We think the next wave of advancement for biometrics [for law enforcement] will come from a social context through ……
Real-time facial recognition reported to be available on police body cameras by the fall
Body cameras with real-time facial recognition capabilities are currently being developed by several technology companies, in cooperation with police departments,…
Scottish Independent Advisory Group recommends oversight measures for police biometrics system
A Scottish Independent Advisory Group on Biometric Data has made a series of recommendations regarding the use of biometrics by…
U.S. law enforcement reportedly using fingerprints of deceased victims and suspects to access iPhones
U.S. law enforcement agencies have accessed iPhones owned by deceased victims and criminal suspects through Touch ID, sources revealed to…
LASD deploys NEC multimodal biometric identification solution
As of January 7, 2018, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) is fully utilizing NEC’s Integra ID 5 Multimodal…
London Policing Ethics Panel to review use of facial recognition
The use of facial recognition by police in the UK is facing a review from the London Policing Ethics Panel,…
Florida appeals court to rule on legality of facial recognition procedure in drug case
Florida’s First District Court of Appeals will soon issue the first ruling ever in the U.S. on the legality of…
eu-LISA launches first phase of the SIS II AFIS platform
The eu-LISA Internal Security Systems Sector has announced the successful launch of the first phase of the SIS II AFIS…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection