Combating crime/ Biometrics
The Stockton
(California) Police Department (SPD) has been quietly testing a
state-of-the-art Mobile Biometric Device (MBD) technology for the past four
years. Designed quickly to scan fingerprints, irises, and other biological
information while officers and evidence technicians are on the field, MBDs can
communicate with remote fingerprint databases and confirm matches in as little
as three minutes. In partnership with DHS’s Science and Technology Directorate
(S&T), Sandia National Laboratories took the lead on testing and evaluating
the technology in July 2010.
According
to Home Land Security News
Wire, sixty-two law enforcement jurisdictions are testing MBDs, with some
specializing in the device’s iris and facial recognition capabilities. SPD has
played a significant role in perfecting MBDs’ fingerprint function.
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