Bogotá mass transit system to test biometric security solution
Bogotá, Columbia will begin trialing an integrated video surveillance system, featuring biometrics and facial recognition cameras, in the city’s TransMilenio…
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.
Customs and Border Protection launches passport facial recognition airport pilot
The Department of Homeland Security announced that Customs and Border Protection has initiated its “1:1 Facial Recognition Air Entry Pilot”…
Australian police to enforce mandatory on-the-spot fingerprint scans
South Australian Attorney General John Rau is introducing new legislation that could potentially give police the power to enforce mandatory…
DHS audit finds several flaws in Coast Guard’s biometric system
The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General recently audited the US Coast Guard’s (USCG) biometric system, in which…
Australian city opens $1.3m surveillance center with facial recognition technology
Logan City in South East Queensland, Australia recently opened a $1.3 million CCTV surveillance centre that uses facial recognition technology…
CBP to discuss biometric entry and exit program at Identity Management Symposium
Defense Strategies Institute announced that Michael Hardin, deputy director of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Biometric Entry and Exit…
MorphoTrak provides mobile biometric identification solution to Florida sheriff’s office
The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office in Florida has deployed a MorphoTrak mobile biometric identification solution, allowing police officers to capture…
Report address MPs’ concerns about UK government not providing guidelines on biometrics usage
In the UK’s Science and Technology Committee new report titled “Science and Technology – Sixth Report: Current and future uses…
Canada years behind U.S. in missing persons DNA testing
According to a recent report in the Globe & Mail, Canada falls short in missing person DNA testing and in…
FBI’s CJIS used the NGI biometric system to identify Islamic State masked terrorist
The FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division (CJIS), which houses the Biometric Center of Excellence, played a large role in…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
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