Nigeria counts on biometrics to recapture nearly 4K fleeing jail-breakers
Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has said his ministry is working in collaboration with the Nigerian Identity Management Commission…
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.
No facial recognition for South Australia Police on planned CCTV network until law updated
Adelaide City Council passed a motion aimed at preventing South Australia Police (SAPOL) from using facial recognition via a CCTV…
Take the shine and target off face biometrics, say researchers
Of the uncounted words, both alarmed and alarming, devoted to law enforcement’s use of facial recognition, there is one sentence…
Emergency response biometrics: HID Global fingerprint reader, ERinfo face tool launched
HID Global has released a new plug and play fingerprint biometrics reader for law enforcement while ERinfo has devised a…
Oosto backs call for scraped biometrics deletion; Clearview fires back
An industry dust-up has broken out over the appropriate composition of biometric reference databases for law enforcement applications, with Oosto endorsing…
Feds and state government put money into biometric expansion projects
Two American government biometrics contracts, one federal and one state, were announced this week. The more significant of the two…
Aussie state police considering broader biometrics platform
Calls to pause law enforcement use of facial recognition notwithstanding, state police officials in Australia are considering a very much…
UK government plan to ‘absorb’ biometrics regulator rebutted by Commissioner
A “once-in-this-generation opportunity” to build public trust in police use of surveillance and biometrics through reformed practices could be missed…
Verogen and Cellmark claim UK’s first forensic DNA biometrics sequencing accreditation
Forensic technology providers Verogen and Cellmark Forensic Services partnered to release the UK’s first ISO/IEC 17025-accredited forensic sequencing service. The…
Red or blue, US communities want brakes on government use of facial recognition
The movement to corral facial recognition with local and state laws continues, and it is showing up in red, law-and-order…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
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