Comments on: Border Patrol Hails New ID System http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/border_patrol_hails_new_id_system/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:39:53 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: ken http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/border_patrol_hails_new_id_system/comment-page-1/#comment-30185 ken Tue, 21 Dec 2004 20:16:45 +0000 /?p=8516#comment-30185 This technology was developed initially by a subsidiary of Rockwell International for use on nuclear submarines. It was sold to managment and become a successfull company called Printrac and is now owned by Moterola. A number of other companies provide this technology as well which essentially is a software algorithm designed to search one (print) against many (a database of millions of previously recorded prints). The initial impetuous for widespread law emforcement use of this system was provided by the FBI when they committed to having all prints digitized for computer search by the year 2000. I think it is great technology and could recieve even wider use beyond law enforcement. This technology was developed initially by a subsidiary of Rockwell International for use on nuclear submarines. It was sold to managment and become a successfull company called Printrac and is now owned by Moterola. A number of other companies provide this technology as well which essentially is a software algorithm designed to search one (print) against many (a database of millions of previously recorded prints). The initial impetuous for widespread law emforcement use of this system was provided by the FBI when they committed to having all prints digitized for computer search by the year 2000. I think it is great technology and could recieve even wider use beyond law enforcement.

]]> By: Say Anything http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/border_patrol_hails_new_id_system/comment-page-1/#comment-30155 Say Anything Tue, 21 Dec 2004 16:11:02 +0000 /?p=8516#comment-30155 <strong>Fingerprint System A Success</strong> This is good news. Washington Times - Border Patrol agents assigned to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) identified and arrested 23,502 persons with criminal records nationwide through a new biometric integrated fingerprint system during a th... Fingerprint System A Success
This is good news.

Washington Times - Border Patrol agents assigned to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) identified and arrested 23,502 persons with criminal records nationwide through a new biometric integrated fingerprint system during a th...

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