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…
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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,…
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…
Ft. Lauderdale police using electronic fingerprinting for background checks
Fort Lauderdale Police have introduced live scan fingerprinting for employment background checks. Live Scan captures fingerprints electronically and transmits them…
Sir Alec Jeffreys, inventor of DNA fingerprinting, retires
Sir Alec Jeffreys is retiring from the University Of Leicester. Jeffreys was instrumental in changing criminal investigations around the world…
Delhi’s Fingerprint Bureau experiences manpower shortage
A staff shortage is the latest challenge facing the Fingerprint Bureau of the Delhi Police. Currently, there is only one…
New biometric gait recognition research conducted in U.K.
When iris scans and facial recognition fail to identify individuals from a distance, then it is time to add on…
Minnesota crime lab scrutinized over unreliable fingerprint examination methods
The St. Paul Police Crime Lab in Minnesota is currently subject to extreme scrutiny for not following standard operational procedures…
Life Technologies completes advanced DNA testing facility in China
Life Technologies Corporation, a global biotechnology company, announced last week that is has completed a DNA testing manufacturing facility in…
India introducing fingerprint scanners in police vehicles
Specialized police vehicles that contain mobile fingerprint scanners were launched in Panchkula, India last Tuesday. The mobile fingerprint scanners are…
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