Home Office plans to invest $6.4m to provide police with facial recognition technology
The Home Office is planning to invest £5 million (US$6.4 million) on facial-recognition software to be initially used by law…
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.
NEC sees increasing demand for its face recognition technology
NEC Corp. is focusing its efforts on further developing and distributing its facial recognition technology to meet increasing demand for…
Marinus Analytics releases facial recognition solution to combat human trafficking
Marinus Analytics, a Carnegie Mellon University spinoff startup known for creating anti-human trafficking tool TrafficJam, recently released a facial recognition…
Police deploying facial recognition at London’s Notting Hill Carnival
The UK’s Metropolitan Police is planning to use facial recognition software in a new pilot program aimed at identifying suspected…
Biometrics Research Group releases report on policing
Biometrics in policing will constitute half of the industry’s market share by the end of this decade, according to a…
FBI’s biometrics database to be exempt from parts of Privacy Act
The FBI has implemented a new rule which will prevent the public from finding out if their fingerprints, iris scans…
Biometrics in Law Enforcement
This white paper by Biometrics Research Group, Inc. provides an overview of the law enforcement biometrics market (PDF). click to…
Digital Barriers face recognition software provided for free to find missing youth
Digital Barriers will be providing its live facial recognition software, SmartVis Face, for free to all national and local authorities…
NEC facial recognition solution implemented in cities across Georgia
NEC Corporation has provided an advanced surveillance system using facial recognition to several major cities in Georgia. The company signed…
Virgin Islands police to use license plate readers, facial recognition system
The Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) will implement a new technology infrastructure which will include the use of license plate…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection