NEC Solutions America, Indianapolis Police Department Enhance Fingerprint Identification System; Integrated Palmprint Matching Ensures Higher Success Rate
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2004--NEC Solutions (America), Inc., a premier provider of integrated solutions for the Connected Enterprise in North America, today announced detailed results of its enhancement to the Indianapolis Police Department's (IPD) fingerprint identification system by integrating palmprint matching technology.
The expanded system, which integrates NEC Solutions America's (NECSAM) Automated PalmPrint matching capability into a previously-existing NECSAM Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS), became fully operational approximately six months ago. Since deploying the palmprint matching capability, the integrated system has yielded 119 "hits," or matches of latent palmprint searches.
The hit rate is particularly impressive because of the disproportionate sizes of the two databases. IPD's existing NEC AFIS database, which went online in 1992, currently contains 320,000 records, while the six-month-old palmprint database comprises 19,000 records.
"The NEC Automated PalmPrint integration has identified criminals from cold and unresolved crimes," said Captain Donald Bee, branch commander of Identification and Records, Indianapolis Police Department. "I am confident that with this integration we will get accurate results on latent palmprints. When you consider the size of our database, our hit rate is outstanding thus far."
"We are extremely pleased with our established partnership with the City of Indianapolis and their hit success stories so far with the Automatic PalmPrint integration" said Tony Doonan, associate vice president, AFIS Division of NEC Solutions America. "More importantly, as this database grows, IPD's hit rate and number of cases closed will increase as well."
The integrated palmprint and fingerprint system digitally files the two palm prints from each subject and allows forensic specialists to search crime scene prints that were left from the palm portion of the hand against the database. The Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) digitally stores the fingerprints of individuals arrested in Indianapolis, and the forensic unit of IPD then searches crime scene prints (latent prints) against the database to identify suspects for further investigation.
"About 40 percent of the crime scene prints we recover come from the palm portion of the hand, and without NEC's Automated PalmPrint technology, many of those crimes may never be solved or would require substantially more resources to resolve," said Sergeant Mike Knapp, Indianapolis Police Department.
On average, approximately 1,500 latent prints are searched annually and over 32 percent of them are identified against a record on file.
NECSAM has other Automated PalmPrint matching solutions in place with the California Department of Justice, the San Francisco Police Department and has several contracts for new installations in 2004.
About NEC Solutions America
NEC Solutions (America), Inc. is a premier provider of integrated solutions for the Connected Enterprise in North America. As an affiliate of NEC Corporation (NASDAQ:NIPNY) (FTSE: 6701q.1), NEC Solutions America taps into a global resource network to help clients leverage technology to achieve a competitive edge. From mobile enterprise computing systems, biometric security solutions, business intelligence, projector and plasma display solutions, business services management and IT professional services, the expertise is delivered with the personal attention needed to address individual situations. With headquarters in Rancho Cordova, California, NEC Solutions America maintains research, marketing, sales and support facilities throughout the United States. Information regarding NEC Solutions America can be found at www.necsam.com.
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