CJIS Newsletter Spring Edition Published May 15, 2006
2-Finger Rapid Identification Unit Rollout Expanded continued from page 1
The hard-wired units connect to personal computers
and are used primarily in fixed locations such as a jail,
courtroom, or probation office to verify a person's
identity. The use of the Two-Finger ID in a detention
setting enables jail staff to verify the identity of an
incoming detainee before the booking process and also
helps protect against the release of the wrong individual.
Two-Finger ID can also be used by courts to verify the
identity of defendants at first appearance and by
probation agencies to verify the identities of clients
under supervision.
The BCA is moving to Phase II of the Two-Finger
Rapid Identification Project. Over the next few months,
the BCA will be rolling out 89 wireless and 21 hard-wired
units to 38 additional criminal justice agencies statewide
and providing training on their use. The Two-Finger
Rapid Identification Project, combined with a Hennepin
County project to purchase rapid identification units for
distribution to Hennepin County agencies, will result in
the distribution of more than 300 rapid identification
units across Minnesota.
The Two-Finger Rapid Identification capability will
serve as a critical piece of the larger identification
roadmap initiative to create reliable and consistent
processes across the state of Minnesota for identifying
offenders and individuals who come into contact with
the criminal justice system.
(Photos)
Wireless Handheld Unit (IBIS)
Hard-Wired Unit (2080 I think)
dps.state.mn.us!06SpringCJISNews.pdf
Boulder City, Nevada
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 401 CALIFORNIA AVENUE
BOULDER CITY, NEVADA 89005
Tuesday, May 09, 2006 – 7:00 PM
ATTACHMENT A
City of Boulder City/Boulder City Police
Scope of Work
Boulder City Police Department will provide:
1. Fingerprint processing in adherence to NRS 449.176 for civil
applicants or volunteers for positions at the Nevada State Veterans
Home - Boulder City.
2. Two (2) fingerprint cards, OR the electronic equivalent, to be
returned to NSVH.
3. Transmission of electronic fingerprints to the Nevada Department of
Public Safety for Nevada and FBI processing.
4. Take responsibility for all "Live Scan" equipment maintenance and
warranty costs after installation.
In return for the above consideration, the Nevada State Veterans Home
will provide a "Live Scan" fingerprinting system as described on the
attached page, including; Desktop Live Scan system w/flat panel
monitor, communication software, fingerprint card printer, and
training from the equipment vendor, Indentix.
Nevada State Veterans Home - Boulder City will continue to pay for the
State/FBI component of the civil applicant background check.
The "Live Scan" equipment will remain State of Nevada property, to be
used by the Boulder City Police Department for criminal background
check of civil applicants. Equipment will be included in the State of
Nevada inventory list, and be counted in place each year as State of
Nevada property.
Boulder City Police Department agrees to adhere to the Grant award
requirements for use of the system, as specified in Attachment B.
Page 1 of2?Health Division # 1169
ATTACHMENT A Identix
"Live Scan" Fingerprint System
Description____________________ Amount
Touchprint TM3100 enhanced
definition Desktop Live Scan System. $10,285.00
TouchPrint TM Simplex Fingerprint
Card Printer $1,700.00
Communication software; LINUX. $750.00
Software to provide ability to write NIST
export files to CD. $170.00
Annual Warranty for PRT-SMP-W95 $442.00
Annual Warranty for 31OOLDFS-W96 $66.00
Installation and training for 1 day onsite
service $2,125.00
Non-recurring engineering
development services for Nevada. $440.00
Shipping____________________________$150.00
Total system cost $16,128.00
bcnv.org
New Patent
HIGH PERFORMANCE FINGERPRINT IMAGING SYSTEM
Print This Page E-Mail
05/23/2006 07:31:46 PM EDT
PCT Biblio Info
Pub. Number WO2006050337
Appl. Data US05039415 20051031
Applicant IDENTIX INCORPORATED
Inventor(s) MAASE, Daniel, Frederick
STOLTZMANN, David
SCOTT, Bryan
Title HIGH PERFORMANCE FINGERPRINT IMAGING SYSTEM
Abstract A system for optically imaging an object includes an
optical platen having an object receiving surface. The object
receiving surface is illuminated by a multi-color light source, and a
color imaging system forms an image of the object on the object
receiving surface.
If you would like to purchase a copy of this patent, please call
MicroPatent at 800-648-6787.
hoovers.com
Proxies
PROXY
IDENTIX INCORPORATED
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VIISAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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North Dakota -- driver's license -- Viisage
Posted on Thu, May. 18, 2006
New driver's licenses have new look, anti-forgery features
DALE WETZEL
Associated Press
BISMARCK, N.D. - North Dakota's new driver's licenses have an
assortment of colors and backgrounds, a dab of tourism promotion, and
some features that will be useful to police and liquor store clerks.
The state Department of Transportation began issuing the new license
templates this month, said David Sprynczynatyk, the agency's director.
The cost is the same - $10 to obtain a four-year license, $8 to
replace a lost card.
Drivers who are younger than 21 will get licenses with a vertical
format, to make it easy to discern at a glance whether the person can
buy alcohol legally. A red stripe, to the right of the person's photo,
will give the date when the person turns 21.
If the driver is younger than 18, his or her license also will have a
yellow stripe to the right of the photo, to alert store clerks that
the person is not old enough to buy tobacco.
Licenses issued to people who are 21 or older will be in the normal
horizontal format without photo stripes, Sprynczynatyk said.
About 442,000 people hold North Dakota driver's licenses, including
about 52,000 commercial driver's licenses, the Department of
Transportation says. About 32,000 people have photo identification
cards that do not confer driving privileges.
Printed on each new license will be images of North Dakota's flag and
Great Seal, along with the phrase "North Dakota Legendary," a
marketing slogan used by the state tourism department.
The licenses also will have three principal color schemes. Regular
driver's licenses will have a pink stripe across the top and a blue
background, with the holder's license number, birth date and license
expiration date highlighted in a dark blue box.
Commercial driver's licenses will have a pink stripe and green
background, with the license number, expiration and birth date in a
green box.
Photo identification cards, which are issued to people who don't
drive, will have a green strip across the top, with an orange
background and important data shown within an orange box.
Sprynczynatyk said the licenses have other features that make them
very difficult to forge. Each license has two photos of the holder,
one sharp image and a "ghost" image that does not copy well.
"There are a couple of different holograms on it, so you cannot
counterfeit (the license) or reproduce it at all," he said.
Licenses are normally good for four years. Sprynczynatyk said anyone
may renew their license up to 10 months before its scheduled
expiration date without extra cost, simply by bringing in one's
existing license.
The Department of Transportation signed a five-year contract with a
Massachusetts company, Viisage Technology Inc., to produce the
licenses and provide the equipment used to make them. Viisage is being
paid $2.99 for each license, an increase from the state's current cost
of $2.21.
Sprynczynatyk said no decision had been made about whether to ask the
Legislature to increase North Dakota's $10 driver's license fee.
"We're looking at our operations, and we'll make that decision later
this summer, as we submit the budget, and decide if there's a need to
do that," he said.
grandforks.com
WAUWATOSA, WISCONSIN
BUDGET & FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
CITY OF WAUWATOSA
7725 WEST NORTH AVENUE
WAUWATOSA, WISCONSIN 53213
Telephone: (414) 479-8917
Fax: (414) 479-8989
Web Site: www.wauwatosa.net
Resolution R-06-23 pertaining to livescan fingerprint purchase and
purchase of the Identix livescan fingerprint device from ID Networks
Chief Weber said the livescan fingerprint device is obsolete and needs
to be replaced. They felt that the best replacement equipment is the
upgraded version of their current hardware provided by Identix, Inc.
The reseller of the Identix equipment, ID Networks, can provide the
identical equipment at a reduced price. Additionally ID Networks has
developed new operational software that the police department's
fingerprint experts feel is superior to the standard software provided
by Identix, Inc. They have learned that the technical representative
who built the interface is now employed by ID Networks and having the
same technical staff is important. Assurance has been given by ID
Networks (and language put into the proposal) that this interface will
remain intact without further cost to the city.
Chief Weber said the proposal from ID Networks for identical hardware,
enhanced software, and guaranteed interface is $32,145. This is $1,195
less than Identix, Inc.'s proposal of $33,340. As a result, only
$6,948 will be needed from the Office of Justice Assistance Grant. He
recommended that Resolution R-06-23 be rescinded and that the
authorization to purchase the Identix livescan fingerprint device from
ID Networks be approved.
Moved by Ald. Purins, seconded by Ald. Ewerdt to recommend approval
to rescind Resolution R-06-23 and to purchase the Identix livescan
fingerprint device from ID Networks at a cost of $32,145 – 8
wauwatosa.net
$1.06 to produce each photo ID @ 1.3 million cards per year -- Illinois
State agency uses facial recognition software to fight fake IDs
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The battle against identity theft and fake
identification cards has gone high-tech.
State Wire
Last update: May 07, 2006 – 5:49 PM
Printer friendly E-mail this story Wisconsin AP wireMADISON, Wis. (AP)
- The battle against identity theft and fake identification cards in
Wisconsin has gone high-tech.
Officials at state Division of Motor Vehicles offices are using facial
recognition software to spot people applying fraudulently for ID cards.
"Our goal is to prevent someone from getting more than one driver's
license or identification card,' said Phil Alioto, a DMV fraud
prevention specialist.
Every night, computers scan the roughly 5,500 images captured at DMV
field offices that day, comparing them to some 6 million other images
in a vast state database.
The computers analyze features such as the shape of the nose and the
arch of the eyebrows. If the person photographed that day has another
picture on file for a state ID since 1997, chances are good that the
computers will make the match, according to the agency.
The software was implemented in September. Since then more than 630
attempts to acquire fake IDs were caught by the system, including
attempts by a convicted child molester and a drug dealer to establish
new identities, Alioto said.
Illinois was the first state to use such technology on its driver's
license and state ID cards. Since its program began in 1999, about
10,000 fraudulent IDs have been canceled, said Beth Langen, a
spokeswoman for Illinois' secretary of state's office.
The system isn't infallible. People who renew their licenses, even
fake ones, will likely walk out with a new one before any fraud is
caught overnight.
But Wisconsin is one of the few states that won't issue an ID to
first-time applicants until it has run the person's face through the
system, said Mike Mazzu, vice president of professional services at
Viisage, the Massachusetts firm that runs the program.
Wisconsin's five-year contract calls for paying Viisage $1.06 to
produce each photo ID and run the facial recognition software, said
Alioto, who estimated that 1.3 million cards are processed per year.
The software works by measuring thousands of points on each face it
scans, producing a unique graph for that face and comparing it to the
graphs of every other face in the database.
Some privacy advocates have expressed concerns over who might have
access to the photo database. State law limits access to DMV officials
and infrequently to law enforcement officials who must destroy the
pictures after they're used.
It would require an act of the Legislature to use the pictures for any
other purpose, Alioto said.
startribune.com
Phoenix Technologies Ltd. -- TrustConnector
Looks like Identix is associated with Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
See page 33 of 39
wickhill.com
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