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Geometrix facial recognition systems have already begun to revolutionize identity management for law enforcement in multiple ways. The high accuracy of 3D facial biometrics delivers robust large-scale AFIS systems and "Live Scan" capabilities based on facial forensics for the first time.
In multiple county detention systems that previously had problems with impostors, duplicate identities, and other erroneous prisoner releases despite the use of fingerprint comparison, every entering prisoner is now booked using a Geometrix Biometric Identity Management System. During booking, 3D facial biometrics are checked against the entire database to detect duplicate identities, a common ruse used to avoid arrest for a more serious crime which also bogs down their systems with multiple entries for the same individual. At release, exiting prisoner's identity is not only verified against their entering biometric, they are also checked against the entire database to detect look-alike impostors, another common ruse wherein long-term convicts attempt escape in the guise of parolees. (See 2005 Statistics from Clarke County, Georgia) After nearly 100,000 prisoner identity transactions through these systems, erroneous releases have been eliminated, daily processing rate has increased, prison staff morale has improved, and automatic tracking of prisoners has proven viable. We can offer our sytsem at a surprisingly low cost. No wonder our users are recommending the system to neighboring counties, and considering additional immediate applications including staff access control, managing prisoner access to areas within the facilities, surveillance of visitors against the booking database, and tracking prisoner movement between prisons, courthouses, and other locations. The same Geometrix 3D technology is being used like a "Live Scan" system for the latest state-of-the-art US Government sponsored research into automating the forensic measurements normally used to identify crime victims. The goal is to establish courtroom-level identity confirmation or exclusion from crime scene facial images, by comparing them against facial databases like those our identity management systems already generate. Just as the loops and swirls in fingerprints can be analyzed in detail by expert witnesses to solve crimes or prove who committed them, so too can 3D facial information. All it takes is an ever growing database of prisoner data which can be cost justified by the prisoner release control application alone. |