Western Australia police launch trial of NEC’s live facial recognition
Police in Western Australia are launching a trial of live facial recognition technology in public spaces. A post on the…
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.
ICE plans to give local police facial recognition app for immigration enforcement
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) privacy document publicly accessible on the agency’s website says a Customs and Border Protection…
US police facial recognition pioneer blames user error for wrongful arrest
Shout it from the mountaintops: Probable cause cannot come from facial recognition alone. That’s what one of the defendants in…
Secret Service tests mobile FRT app as federal biometric policing expands
The U.S. Secret Service (USSS) has begun field testing a mobile facial recognition application called “Sentry” that could be at…
Europe seeks feedback on plan for sharing biometric data with non-EU law enforcement
The European Commission has requested public feedback on its plans for a reciprocal biometric data-sharing framework for police with non-EU…
State Department moves to buy Clearview AI licenses for Colombia police
The U.S. State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) at the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia is…
Germany moves to allow police facial recognition searches of online images
Europe’s largest internet industry association, eco, has warned against Germany’s plan to allow its law enforcement agencies to run automated…
The US counter-cartel fight is becoming an identity intelligence war
The creation of the Joint Interagency Task Force-Counter Cartel (JIATF-CC) under the U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) marks more than another…
Ireland body camera bill prompts debate over use of recorded footage
Gardaí are preparing a €150 million nationwide rollout of body-worn cameras as the use of biometric data in day-to-day policing…
Wrongful arrest based on false FRT match sparks lawsuit from Florida man
Another case of wrongful arrest after a false match by facial recognition software has given more ammo to those fighting…
