Bexar County Streamlines Jail Processes, Increases Public Safety With NEC AFIS and FastID.Successful Deployment of NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. AFIS AFIS Automated Fingerprint Identification System AFIS Aerodrome Flight Information Service AFIS Armed Forces Radio and Television Service AFIS Airborne Flight Information System AFIS Automated Fingerprinting Identification System (Pakistan) Technology With FastID Fingerprint and Palmprint Matching System Provides Improved Efficiency in Booking, Identification and Release Processes RANCHO CORDOVA Rancho Cordova (răn`chō kôrdō`və), uninc. residential city (1990 pop. 48,731), Sacramento co., N Calif. A suburb of Sacramento, it experienced rapid growth in the late 20th cent. , Calif. -- NEC Corporation of America, a premier provider of IT, network and identity management solutions, has successfully completed implementation of the NEC Automated Fingerprint Identification System Automated Fingerprint Identification System (or AFIS) is a system to automatically match one or many unknown fingerprints against a database of known prints. This is done for various reasons, not the least of which is because the person has committed a crime. (AFIS) and FastID Booking and Release Identification solution for the Bexar County Sheriff's Department in Texas. Installation began in May and was completed in August. "The deployment process has been exceptionally smooth, on-time and within budget. And, we're already seeing an improvement in our record retrieval processes," said David Dunbar, AFIS manager, Bexar County Sheriff's Office. "We've been able to streamline our booking process and eliminate data loss with NEC's AFIS and FastID system." Bexar County Sheriff's Office had to rely on the Texas Department of Public Safety The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is a department of the government of the state of Texas. The DPS is responsible for statewide law enforcement and vehicle regulation. The department is headed by the three member Public Safety Commission. AFIS for fingerprint matching. By implementing their own system, Bexar County Sheriff's Office can take advantage of the speed and accuracy of NEC AFIS and FastID and identify an arrestee ARRESTEE, law of Scotland. He in whose hands a debt, or property in his possession, has been arrested by a regular arrestment. If, in contempt of the arrestment, he shall make payment of the sum, or deliver the goods arrested to the common debtor, he is not only liable criminally for as soon as they walk in the door without dependence on the Texas Department of Public Safety AFIS. They are now able to get real-time identification from their own system in a matter of seconds. This also provides the Bexar County Sheriff's Office the ability to run the FastID and palmprint applications and have control over their own databases. Speed and accuracy in the fingerprint matching and record retrieval process can have a direct effect on public safety. When an arrest is made, the arrestee's fingerprints are taken, scanned into the system, and matched against fingerprints in the database that are from previous bookings or crime scenes. An arrestee who could be a potentially dangerous criminal might be released back on the street if the matching and retrieval process isn't completed with the greatest accuracy and within an appropriate timeframe. Now using NEC's AFIS and FastID application and the NEC AFIS, Bexar County Sheriff's office can access their own database and match prints in as little as 30 seconds leveraging the highest degree of accuracy available. "Within the first week we got a hit on the NEC AFIS and FastID system that has provided us with a new lead on an unsolved 1993 homicide case," notes Melvin Lleras, AFIS operator, Bexar County Sheriff's Office. The NEC AFIS and FastID system installed at the Bexar County Sheriff's Office consists of a core site AFIS with remote and local input devices. The system is fully integrated and supports: * tenprint and latent transactions, palmprint and slap matching; * NEC's National Institute of Standards and Technology National Institute of Standards and Technology, governmental agency within the U.S. Dept. of Commerce with the mission of "working with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements, and standards" in the national interest. (NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology. ) approved archive system; and * if no local identification is made, they have the option to search both latent and tenprints against the Texas Department of Public Safety AFIS. "NEC is proud to partner with Bexar County Sheriff's Office to help them improve public safety through increased efficiencies and accuracies in the booking, identification, and recording process," said Barry Fisher, vice president, Identification Solutions Division, NEC Corporation of America. "We will continue to bring them the latest and best in biometrics identification technology available." Bexar County Sheriff's Office's successful deployment of the NEC AFIS and FastID system was a factor in choosing San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. as the location for the AFIS Internet User Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f Group Conference, scheduled from August 26-30, 2007. This annual event draws more than 300 NEC AFIS users from around the globe to learn about new AFIS technologies and methodologies. For more information, visit http://www.afis-internet.org. Bexar County Sheriff's Office deployment of the NEC MobileID system, also purchased in November 2006, is expected be completed by the end of the year. The Identification Solutions Division of NEC Corporation of America, a recognized leader in biometrics technologies, has developed some of the first and finest automated methods of identification. IDS delivers the best and most advanced biometrics solutions for law enforcement, government, civil and commercial applications. NEC's matching algorithms meet and exceed the highest current government standards in identification technology and provide unparalleled accuracy, open system platforms, high capacity and integrated solutions. About NEC Corporation of America NEC Corporation of America is a leading technology provider of network, IT and identity management solutions. Headquartered in Irving, Texas Irving (pronounced 'er-ving') is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas County. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 191,615; the 2006 estimate was 201,927 according to the North Central Texas Council of Governments, and 196,084 according to , NEC Corporation of America is the North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. subsidiary of NEC Corporation. NEC Corporation of America delivers technology and professional services ranging from server and storage solutions, IP voice and data solutions, optical network and microwave radio communications to biometric security, virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. and digital cinema solutions. NEC Corporation of America serves carrier, SMB (1) (Small to Medium-sized Business) Also called "SME" (small to medium-sized enterprise), it refers to companies that are larger than the small office/home office (SOHO), but not huge. and large enterprise clients across multiple vertical industries. For more information, please visit www.necam.com. (c) 2007 NEC is a registered trademark of NEC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. |
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