Law Enforcement

First identity cards are issued

Foreign nationals are now able to applying for UK identity cards.

Inmate tracking for US immigration detention facilities

TSI PRISM to provide RFID inmate tracking systems for 19 federal immigration detention facilities

Sagem Sécurité’s APFIS selected by Kenya Police

Sagem Sécurité to supply, deploy and maintain an automated palm and fingerprint identification system for Kenyan Police

TSA approves Sagem Morpho readers for TWIC pilot

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has approved four biometric readers from Sagem Morpho for deployment in critical pilot tests of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential

US trusted traveller program expands

US Customs and Border Protection have expanded Global Entry enrollment centers to four additional airports

SAIC awarded $37 million contract to support US Army

SAIC awarded $37 million contract to support US Army´s Biometrics Automated Toolset - Army (BAT-A) system

Sagem acquires Motorola’s biometric business

Motorola has announced it is selling its biometric arm to SAFRAN subsidiary, Sagem Securite

L-1 wins $20m contract for Middle Eastern border system

L-1 wins $20m contract for 1,000 biometric HIIDE devices destined for Middle Eastern border system

TSA proposes large aircraft security program

TSA proposes large aircraft security program to prevent them being used as weapons

Intellicheck Mobilisa TWIC reader approved

Intelli-Check - Mobilisa has announced that its IM2700 TWIC (Transportation Worker Identification Credential) Handheld Reader successfully completed the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Initial Capability Evaluation (ICE) scenarios demonstration.

BIO-key wins $700,000 in new police contracts

BIO-key International announces that its Law Enforcement group wins US$700,000 in orders

US House of Reps recommends withholding biometric funding

The US House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee recommends withholding funding for biometric exit scheme

Foreign national ID card launched by UK

The first UK Identity Card is unveiled by the Home Secretary.

Cogent announces multi-modal biometric device

Cogent has announced the release of the Fusion, a ruggedized, multi-modal, handheld biometric system.

Datastrip biometric terminals now with iris

Identification and verification devices from Datastrip can now be enabled with a scanner and supporting software to use iris biometrics

Datastrip integrates TETRA in its mobile biometric verification terminals

Datastrip announces its DSVII range of mobile handheld biometric devices work over TETRA

Los Angeles police purchase 1000 mobile ID devices

The Los Angeles County Regional Identification System (LACRIS) has awarded Cogent a 1,000 unit purchase order for its Cogent BlueCheck mobile identification devices

Lumidigm multispectral technology extended to whole hand

Lumidigm has applied its multispectral technology to the capture of multiple characteristics of the hand.

Biometric passports: no fingerprinting of under-twelves

Children under twelve should no longer have their fingerprints included on passports issued in the European Union

Registered traveller firms reach interoperability agreement

Clear and Vigilant agree reciprocal feee agreement for US registered traveller market