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The FBI Is Adding Facial Recognition To Its Fingerprint Database
New documents released by the FBI show that the Bureau is well on its way toward its goal of a fully operational face recognition database by this summer. The EFF received these records in response to our Freedom of Information Act lawsuit for information on Next Generation Identification (NGI)?the FBI?s massive biometric database that may […]
AirLive IVS Face Detection Surveillance System For Casinos
Casino surveillance system requires the ability to respond rapidly to incidents at low levels of lighting, which is one of the most technical-demanding requirements for surveillance systems with diverse operational requirements. Gearing video surveillance needs to focus on the activities at the gaming tables and slot machines in order to settle disputes, prevent and detect […]
Claremont, NH’s Stevens High Renovation Project Includes Security Cameras
The multi-million dollar renovation of Stevens High School now includes $43,000 in security cameras. The committee overseeing the renovation voted Wednesday to use money from a contingency fund for the project to pay for interior video cameras that will monitor common areas including hallways, classrooms, the gymnasium, and the auditorium. The decision brings the total […]
How To Get More From Police Self-Surveillance: Don’t Turn It Off
Who watches the watchers when they aren’t wearing their lapel cameras? That’s the tech-centric question at the heart of a scandal that’s been raging in New Mexico since federal investigators accused Albuquerque police officers of routinely using excessive force and violating suspects’ civil rights. Cops in the city are supposed to wear small video cameras […]
GCR Introduces “AirportIQ Secure Credentials” – A Biometric Security And Continuous Credentialing Solution
GCR introduces "AirportIQ Secure Credentials," a biometric security and continuous credentialing solution for the aviation and airport industry. AirportIQ Secure Credentials provides a comprehensive and trusted, biometrically-enabled security credential. Features include the continuous validation of background; verification of the identity of aviation workers; binding of biometric and biographic information to the individual; and improving the […]
LILIN IP Solution Makes Banqiao Train Station In Taipei Safer
Based upon the current statistics, roughly 80% of the criminal acts at shopping centers and business offices occur in the parking lot; therefore, Banqiao train station, founded in 1901 in Banqiao, New Taipei City, Taiwan, recently took the necessary measure and upgraded its 3-story indoor parking facility’s video surveillance system to an IP based video […]
Emerging Trend: Police Tampering Surveillance Systems: Half Of LAPD Squad Cars
Many who are concerned with the possibility of police abuse of power, are comforted by the continuous presence of surveillance camera footage, capturing everything. Recent evidence of LAPD officers and others tampering with video and surveillance equipment, however, would seem to indicate that for some, the omnipresence of the camera is a problem. Equipment sabotage: […]
Mexico City: Telmex And Thales To Double Capacity Of World?s Most Advanced Urban Security System
Thales, in partnership with Telmex, a leading telecommunications provider in Mexico and Latin America, has once again been selected by Mexico City to integrate a further 7,000 video surveillance cameras to protect citizens as part of the Ciudad Segura1 project. Under this new contract, Mexico City will double the capacity of its urban security system, […]
A Live Version Of Google Earth To Track Crime In Real-Time
In Compton last year, police began quietly testing a system that allowed them to do something incredible: Watch every car and person in real time as they ebbed and flowed around the city. Every assault, every purse snatched, every car speeding away was on record-all thanks to an Ohio company that monitors cities from the […]
Indiana University Puts IT And Safety Under One Umbrella
Mark Bruhn, associate vice president for public safety and institutional assurance at Indiana University, ?oversees systemwide security in both the physical and digital realms. Even as campus functions like building access and emergency response become increasingly dependent on institutions’ information-technology infrastructures, physical security, and information technology remain administratively separate almost everywhere. But at Indiana University, […]
Settlement Reached In Rape Lawsuit Against Grainger TN County Jail
A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed earlier this year on behalf of three women who say she was rape while at the Grainger County Jail. The amount of the settlement was not disclosed. That will be paid for by the county’s insurance. The lawsuit, filed in January, alleged that former corrections officer, […]
Allegion Providing Series Of Resources For Council Of Great City Schools Conference
Allegion PLC (NYSE: ALLE), a leading global provider of security products and solutions, today announced that attendees at the Council of Great City Schools Conference to be held April 22-24 in New Orleans will hear a presentation by Anshu Mehrotra, Allegion vice president and general management-mechanical business, and Terry Burgess of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools that will […]
Airport Staff Allowed Bald Man With Beard To Travel To Spain Using Blonde Girlfriend’s Passport
Bungling airport staff in Britain and Spain allowed a bald man to travel using his blonde girlfriend’s passport. Barber Neil Clulow, 50, failed to spot he had partner Karen Clift’s documents when he took a 7.30am flight. He flew from Birmingham for a three-night lads’ trip to Benidorm to celebrate pal Carl Fentham’s 50th birthday […]
Boston’s Legacy: Can Crowdsourcing Really Fight Crime?
For many, the first images of the Boston Marathon bombing — a cloud of dark smoke rising up over Boylston Street — came from Twitter or Instagram. The FBI received thousands of hastily snapped photos as they hunted the culprits. But does a camera in every pocket actually make snaring criminals any easier? “The Internet […]
Boston Marathon Security Upgraded With Network Of Surveillance Cameras
The Boston Marathon is getting a security upgrade with an increase in the number of eyes watching video feeds from surveillance cameras. Ten different agencies will be involved in security for the entire 26.2-mile marathon route April 21. New security cameras were recently installed. What’s new and different that has Massachusetts leading the country is […]
Florida Lawmakers Send Bill To Governor To Ban Biometrics In Schools
(Editor’s Note: This is a follow-up to Florida Lawmakers To Consider Banning Biometrics In Schools) – A bill that would ban Florida school districts from using biometrics —such as iris, retina, fingerprint, and palm scans— is poised to become law. Senate Bill 188, known as the biometrics bill, is sponsored by state Sen. Dorothy L. […]
Here’s What Louisville Authorities Will See From The City’s New Security Camera System
At the end of last month, Louisville officials announced that the city would install dozens of new security cameras that would monitor Waterfront Park in real time. It was a reaction to a string of violence on March 22 in downtown Louisville. Those cameras are now operational. Here’s a glimpse of what they’ll be able […]
DigitalPersona Fingerprint Biometric Solutions Improve Security And Service In Latin America Banks
DigitalPersona, Inc., a trusted partner for biometric identity verification solutions, announced that Coppel Corporation, a group of retail and finance companies, has chosen DigitalPersona® fingerprint technology to verify employee and customer identities in more than 800 banks and 1,000 Pension Fund Offices throughout Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil. Coppel Corporation also maintains similar biometrics-based solutions in […]
Detroit Council Changes Gas Station Surveillance Camera Requirements After Critical Beating Of Driver
DETROIT, MI — The City Council unanimously approved an ordinance requiring gas stations to install and strategically place digital video surveillance cameras to improve security. Councilman Andre Spivey listed a number of incidents in which higher-quality or better-configured gas station cameras would have helped police capture suspects in serious crimes. He said the severe beating […]
Major Energy Company Thwarts Thieves With Hikvision
Ganesh R. Iyer, Head of Sales & Business Development at Comsec Security Systems Ltd., had a number of significant security hurdles to overcome when designing a CCTV overhaul for Puma Energy’s Head Office & Depot facility in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania. This Puma Energy facility, consisting of both an office headquarters complex and an oil processing depot, […]