Clearview AI’s US law enforcement facial recognition footprint grows with FBI contract
The latest U.S law enforcement sign up for Clearview AI’s facial recognition-as-a-service app is a modest $18,000, one-year contract, spotted…
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.
Rank One to supply face biometrics SDK to US Marshals Service for prisoner transfers
The U.S. Marshals Service has selected Rank One Computing (ROC) to support its Justice Prisoner Alien and Transportation System (JPATS) with…
Interpol program for fighting terrorism through biometrics deployed in Cameroon
The International Police Organization, Interpol, says it has deployed its Project First to Cameroon to enable law enforcement officers in…
Face biometrics panel in US realizes it has bitten off quite a lot to chew
A commission in Massachusetts debating the use of face biometrics by police has found that the topic is more freighted…
What is the private sector’s role in facial recognition use by Indian law enforcement?
Private corporations’ involvement in the design and procurement of facial recognition technology for law enforcement in India poses privacy risks…
U.S. sheriffs continue to buy into iris biometrics systems to identify suspects, inmates
A biometrics vendor says that more than two thirds of all U.S. sheriffs’ agencies have asked to join a nationwide…
Law enforcement facial recognition use under scrutiny in Ireland, India
Discrepancies in proposed usage statements and increasing pressure from civil rights groups and activists is putting law enforcement’s use of…
Florida bill would let police help hospitals biometrically ID the unidentifiable
A bill in the Florida state house would allow hospitals to request biometric identification of unidentifiable patients. Any law enforcement…
Police seek provider for live facial recognition surveillance in India’s Jammu and Kashmir
The police in the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) union territory of India have issued a tender for a project aimed…
Law enforcement and civil society grapple with facial recognition policy, transparency
Civil society groups around the world are calling for greater transparency in uses of facial recognition by police, and the…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
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