California Department of Justice Upgrades NEC's Fingerprint Identification Technology.Business/Technology Editors SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 8, 2000 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. system identifies millions; upgrade will reduce search response time and enhance suspect identification capabilities NEC Technologies Inc., a biometrics pioneer and world leader in the development, marketing and implementation of 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 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 for law enforcement, today announced that it has successfully upgraded the California Department of Justice's (Cal DOJ (Department Of Justice) The legal arm of the U.S. government that represents the public interest of the United States. It is headed by the Attorney General. ) AFIS to NEC's AFIS21(tm) product. NEC installed the Cal DOJ's original AFIS in 1985, resulting in the immediate identification and arrest of the infamous Night Stalker Night Stalker or Nightstalker may refer to: People
adj. Grossly wicked or reprehensible; abominable: a heinous crime. [Middle English, from Old French haineus, from haine, hatred, from crimes. The upgrade, valued at nearly $34 million, will increase the system's automation capabilities, enable it to process a higher volume of matching transactions, and expand the size of the DOJ's fingerprint fingerprint, an impression of the underside of the end of a finger or thumb, used for identification because the arrangement of ridges in any fingerprint is thought to be unique and permanent with each person (no two persons having the same prints have ever been database. Prior to the upgrade, the DOJ database held eight million tenprint records for subject identification matching and an additional 3.5 million for latent print "crime scene" matching. It now stores over 11 million fingerprint records, with room for up to 14 million. "Since implementing NEC's AFIS technology 15 years ago, we have literally made millions of identifications. In fact, we've solved tens of thousands of cases where we've lifted prints from crime scenes alone," said Gary Cooper, Chief of Criminal Identifications Information Bureau, Cal DOJ. "Although our workload has nearly tripled in recent years, our search response time has continued to decrease with NEC AFIS technology. AFIS21 will provide us with the additional means to expedite the identification process and apprehend suspects." The Cal DOJ is responsible for maintaining records for every arrest in the state of California. Every year, there are approximately 1.6 million arrests in the state, of which nearly 400,000 require new records. Over 400 different local, state and national law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). access the database, further increasing the demands on the system. AFIS21 simplifies the process of entering new fingerprints into the database and stores significantly enhanced fingerprint images. Using AFIS21, the Cal DOJ can ensure that all fingerprint records are captured accurately, dramatically improving its ability to make positive matches. In addition, the system can automatically replace older, less accurate prints already in the database with newly captured, high quality images, also facilitating positive matches. "We are proud to be a part of the Cal DOJ's efforts to reducing crime in the state of California," said Tony Doonan, Vice President, NEC Technologies' AFIS Division. "The Department has demonstrated a clear commitment to the long-term safety of all Californians by continuing to remain at the forefront of AFIS technology." NEC Technologies' AFIS Division NEC Technologies AFIS Division is recognized as an industry leader in biometric technologies, having developed some of the first automated methods of identifying people by their physiological characteristics. NEC provides identification solutions for industries including law enforcement, healthcare, government, financial and other applications requiring network security. Headquartered in Sacramento, Ca., NEC Technologies Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of NEC Corporation, is a leading manufacturer of computer peripherals and other technology products for the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. market. Information on NEC AFIS and its products can be obtained by calling 1-800-777-2347 or on the Web at http://www.nectech.com/afis. |
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