Ex-UK biometrics commissioner joins Police Digital Service
Former UK Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner Tony Eastaugh will become interim CEO of the Police Digital Service (PDS), an…
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Argentina’s plan to fight crime with AI draws concerns from rights groups
Argentina is launching a new unit tasked with integrating artificial intelligence into crime investigations, including analyzing camera footage with real-time…
US Marshals Service set to buy SIC Biometrics fingerprint scanners
The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), the agency of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that oversees the classified Witness Security…
CISA, FLETC failed to protect law enforcement officers’ PII, other data
Two important arms of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) failed to protect personally identifiable information (PII) and sensitive…
FBI biometric fingerprint lab gets a party on its 100th birthday
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is celebrating the centennial of its fingerprint lab. A release from the agency says…
Mexican state forensic document lab choses Regula ID scanning device
The Department of Questioned Documents, a forensic institution at the state level in Tabasco, Mexico, has integrated the Regula 4308…
Indian military-backed startup presents dual face and gait biometric system
India’s defense, law enforcement and other agencies may soon have a new authentication system that combines facial recognition with gait…
India has 170 facial recognition systems, but only a handful are operational
The use of biometric facial recognition for large-scale surveillance and crime prevention has become widespread. According to the Panoptic Tracker…
Amazon facial recognition used in Russia despite sanctions, says former employee
Amazon has supplied facial recognition technology to Russia despite UK sanctions on the country imposed after it invaded Ukraine, a…
Interpol issues call for biometrics firm to provide mobile data collection devices
Interpol has issued a tender for mobile biometric collection (MBC) devices for collecting fingerprints and facial images. Specifically, the project…
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