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Technology

Arizona Sheriff Equips Deputies with Biometric Readers

In the fall, Pinal County (Ariz.) Sheriff's deputies will be outfitted with hand-held devices that enable deputies to scan a subject's face and iris to find potential matches with people in criminal databases.

July 18, 2011

Technology

Fulcrum Biometrics Introduces Fingerprint Scanner for Apple Devices

The FBI-certified silicon fingerprint sensor and accompanying "app" for Apple's iPhone and iPod touch provide a portable, biometric system for mobile identification.

June 21, 2011

Technology

Fortifying Police Stations

Police administrations can implement a variety of technologies to beef-up police facility security. While cameras are often top of mind in every police facility—even the old and outdated ones—many other technologies exist to monitor and secure these buildings.

May 15, 2011

Technology

Report: Federal Investment In Border Technology Falls Short

The ASU study stresses that to halt illegal crossings and contraband while expediting commerce through ports of entry, border field agents require immediate access to time-sensitive information and intelligence captured by license plate readers, unattended ground sensors and biometric identification kits.

February 16, 2011

Technology

NYPD Begins Photographing Suspects' Irises

The program began in Manhattan on Monday and will be expanded to the other boroughs by the end of the year. The technology allows police to match a detainee to his or her iris in less than 5 seconds.

November 15, 2010

Technology

DOJ Provides More than $17 Million to LE Technology Centers

The Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs (OJP) today announced that more than $17 million in Fiscal Year 2010 funding was awarded to seven Department of Justice Technology Centers of Excellence (COE). The Centers of Excellence serve as the nation's authoritative resource for law enforcement and corrections officers and practitioners.

October 27, 2010

Technology

Iris Scans Arrive at Texas Border Checkpoint

In October, the Department of Homeland Security will begin testing iris-scanning technology at a border checkpoint in McAllen, Texas, as a way to stem illegal immigration and identify fraud.

September 13, 2010

Technology

Using the iPhone For Field IDs

In addition to asking for a driver's license, the officer would use the iPhone to photograph the suspect's face and iris (the colored ring around the pupil). It would allow officers to verify a suspect's identification and perhaps avoid dragging them back to the station.

June 23, 2010

Technology

Massachusetts' Agencies Use iPhones For Field IDs

Brockton (Mass.) police get an iPhone-based system to identify suspects through facial recognition in the field.

June 22, 2010

Patrol

L.A. Airport Police Union Urges Full-Body Scans at Checkpoints

The Los Angeles airport police union urged the federal government Monday to begin requiring full-body scans for every passenger at airport security checkpoints, saying metal detectors are no longer enough.

January 4, 2010

Technology

Beyond Facial Recognition

Currently, biometric systems are being used every day by officers in two distinct missions: security and identification. And they can be very useful.

October 29, 2009

Weapons

Smart Guns Are Not Ready for Duty

What the lab tried to communicate to the NYPD was that the technology wouldn’t have prevented the Edwards tragedy. You see, the radio system will pick up any friendly gun within 600 feet. That means that when the other officers pointed their weapons at Officer Edwards their guns would have only told them that a friendly gun was in the general area. Well, they already knew that. They knew that at least three friendly guns were in the area. After all, they were holding them.

June 11, 2009