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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.

 

United Nations using biometrics to identify refugees in Senegal

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in partnership with the Senegalese government, recently launched a…

 

Washington police praise mobile fingerprint scanners

Washington state’s King County Sheriff’s Office has started using MorphoIDent pocket-sized scanners by Safran Morpho to instantly read fingerprints of…

 

European Biometrics Research and Industry Awards 2013 applications open

The European Association for Biometrics (EAB) has announced its seventh European Biometrics Research and Industry Award 2013. These prestigious, annual…

 

ID World International Congress debuts in Frankfurt

The 11th ID World International Congress event took place last week in its new home of Frankfurt, Germany. More than…

 

Sierra Leone to use biometric voter registration

Sierra Leone will be using biometric registration for the first time in its upcoming presidential, parliamentary and local council elections…

 

Human Recognition Systems to exhibit at UK biometrics event

Human Recognition Systems has announced that it will exhibit at this year’s Biometrics 2012 Exhibition between October 29 to 31,…

 

NIST introduces new biometric conformance software

A new biometric conformance software suite released by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) tests for compliance with…

 

BORDERPOL event focused on stronger migration laws and management

BORDERPOL Annual Conference is a high-level, two-day event that will discuss and debate current and future policies, implementation issues and…

 

Frost & Sullivan projects biometrics revenue growth in Asia-Pacific

Market research from Frost & Sullivan suggests that the biometrics market, specifically in the government vertical within the Asia-Pacific region…

 

Biometric criminal record checks for U.S. job applicants increase

According to statistics from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, fingerprinting has exponentially increased as a method of checking job…

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