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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.

 

Indian police force deploys NEC facial recognition solutions

NEC India has partnered with Innovative Telecom & Softwares Pvt. Ltd. to provide the Surat City Police in Gujarat, India…

 

Pakistan government verifies 53 million SIMs via biometric system

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority chairman Syed Ismail Shah recently confirmed that more than 53 million mobile phone SIMs have been verified…

 

Surrey Police Force to combat criminal behavior with biometrics

The Surrey Police Force in the UK announced it has deployed fingerprint scanners to help protect the Epsom and Ewell…

 

ATF upgrades employee mobile devices to iPhone 6 for biometric sign-on

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) recently upgraded all of its mobile devices from iPhone 4S to…

 

NEC to provide Las Vegas police with multimodal biometric identification solution

NEC Corporation of America announced it has secured a multi-year service contract with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department in…

 

INTERPOL World Congress 2015 to address border management issues

The inaugural INTERPOL World Congress 2015 will address border management concerns along with the solutions that combat these issues. First…

 

Obama’s new national security strategy makes a push for biometrics data sharing

President Barack Obama recently unveiled the new National Security Strategy, in which he emphasized that consolidation of information across intelligence…

 

Irish police force pilot facial recognition system to identify suspects

For the past three weeks, Irish police force, the Gardai, has been testing facial recognition software that enables victims of…

 

DEA using license plate readers to photograph drivers

Following last week’s unveiling that Drug Enforcement Agency has been using license plate readers to collect data for a large…

 

UK police using biometric database without proper regulations in place

UK police forces are crosschecking suspects against a massive database that stores up to 18 million mugshots, all without having…

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