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ProductsApril 1, 2005

BIO-key Biometrics Authentication System

BIO-key’s new WEB-key fingerprint-based authentication systems give agencies a way to control access to secure applications. WEB-key uses biometrics technology to scan, measure, and analyze individual fingerprints, comparing them to a database of live images to confirm or deny access into any secured, registered area. Users can register their fingerprints with BIO-key, so other forms of identification are unnecessary.

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ProductsApril 1, 2005

Digimerge Technologies Day/Night Camera

Digimerge Technologies’ new DCS100033 professional day/night high-resolution camera features a full 1/3-inch Ex-view HAD CCD sensor, allowing 470 TV lines of resolution and a minimum illumination of .5 Lux at F1.2. It also boasts a built-in on-screen display, an RS-232 control port, and pixel-based video detection. Users can also choose from a C or CS mount lens and ATW, AWC, or MWB white balance.

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Articlesby Bob DavisApril 1, 2005

Easypano Crime Scene Virtual Tour & Publisher

Crime scene investigation is a basic step in every criminal investigation. Beyond the wizardry of DNA and trace fiber analysis that are shown on TV shows like “CSI” there are other vital tasks that crime scene technicians and detectives perform to connect the dots and solve the crime. One of these tasks is photography.

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Articlesby Dan PasqualeApril 1, 2005

Networking for Information

While the old standby techniques certainly have their place in today’s police work, technology and new improvements have created some exciting new ways to track criminals and solve crime.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 18, 2005

New Law to Add Immigration Duties for Arizona Cops

A new Arizona law allows the state to charge a person with felony human smuggling, formerly only a federal charge. Now Arizona law enforcement officers will be expected to take over some of the duties reserved for federal officers in the past, without any additional funding for local law enforcement.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 11, 2005

Fewer Parents Talk to Teens About Drugs

Twelve percent of parents have never talked to their kids about the risks of drug use, up from six percent six years ago, according to a new survey conducted by the Partnership for a Drug Free America. This trend has many concerned, especially because more parents have been found to underestimate their children’s risk for drug abuse.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 4, 2005

Man Coughs up Cocaine While in Custody

A man could face up to 25 years in prison for criminal possession of a controlled substance after coughing up a plastic baggy containing 11 packets of cocaine.

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ProductsMarch 1, 2005

Motorola Printrak LiveScan

The Printrak LiveScan product lines from Motorola assist public safety officials in better identifying fingerprints and palmprints. LiveScan products feature sequence checking for fingerprints and palmprints, three-part full palm capture, instant live video of image feedback, and multi-language support with a translation table. The LiveScan lines are designed to interface with Motorola’s Printrak Biometrics Identification Solutions.

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ProductsMarch 1, 2005

Signalscape Audio Forensics Software

Signalscape’s StarWitness Sound Bite is a feature-enhanced software application that allows users to listen to, watch, and filter recorded audio streams to improve the quality of audio evidence. Users can open and play audio files, view them as time-domain waveforms or spectrograms, apply multiple noise-reducing filters to the input stream, and listen to the resulting output.

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Articlesby Ramesh NybergMarch 1, 2005

Learn to Read Product DNA

Every crime scene, like every picture, tells a story. There are times when an obvious piece of evidence, complete with its own documented history, stares us right in the face, and we pass it by.

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