US law enforcement adopts AI with caution amid growing capabilities
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a distant frontier for federal law enforcement agencies. It’s a rapidly maturing capability being…
Law Enforcement
Law enforcement biometrics refers to applications and biometric systems which aid law enforcement agencies. While most often fingerprints, DNA, and in some cases facial recognition, this is a wide-ranging category and can include AFIS, ABIS, mobile identification systems, criminal ID solutions, fingerprint recognition, surveillance, as well as access control systems.
Manchester police reprimanded for poor data handling after losing CCTV footage
A reprimand has been issued to Greater Manchester Police (GMP) over what the UK Information Commissioner’s Office calls “serious shortcomings…
Fight over disclosure of FRT used by NJ cops heads to state Supreme Court
A group of civil rights organizations are calling on the New Jersey Supreme Court to uphold rulings that grant a…
UK police ask for more funds as it expands facial recognition use
UK’s police chiefs have asked the government to commit £220 million (US$296 million) annually for the next three years to…
Tech optimism collides with public skepticism over FRT, AI in policing
As facial recognition and AI technologies surge in adoption across U.S. law enforcement, evidence of improper use, bias, and lack…
ROC provides biometric SDK to group fighting human trafficking
U.S. biometrics firm ROC has announced a partnership with DeliverFund, a nonprofit intelligence organization, to help address the problem of…
ICE is at the center of a vast and growing US biometric surveillance capability
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has quietly emerged as the operational nucleus of a vast, fragmented, and increasingly automated…
Leidos wins $130M FBI contract to support CJIS biometric services program
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has awarded Leidos a five-and-a-half year $129.7 million contract to support its Criminal Justice…
Scottish public split over use of live facial recognition by Police Scotland
The Scottish public are split over the use of live facial recognition (LFR) technology by police in Scotland. LFR uses…
Police use of facial recognition continues to raise public concerns
Should police use facial recognition technology? Two-thirds of Milwaukee’s Common Council says no. An article in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel says…
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