Deployment of NEC Fingerprint and Palm Print Identification System Proves Successful in Tennessee.Metropolitan Nashville Police Department The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department is the primary provider of law enforcement services for Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. Davidson County is located in Tennessee and covers a total area of 526. Identifies Phenomenal Number of Latent Prints From Crime Scenes SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- 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. Corporation of America, a premier provider of IT, network and telephony solutions, announced today that the Metro-Nashville, Tennessee Police Department has successfully identified more than 170 latent palm prints since the installation of NEC's state-of-the-art 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) ) with palm matching functionality. Considered one of the best biometric identification solutions in the world today, the NEC AFIS has dramatically enhanced the department's ability to accurately classify and match crime-scene prints with city and state-wide databases. "The Metropolitan Police Department's AFIS system has clearly demonstrated its abilities to help improve our crime-fighting productivity and is, most importantly, enhancing Nashville's safety," said Chief Ronal Serpas, Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. The NEC AFIS installed at the Metro-Nashville Police Department is a fully integrated system, supporting positive identification at time of booking, tenprint and latent transactions, palm print matching in addition to a 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. ) compliant archive system. The department re-designed their procedures with the new system to streamline the time officers spend in the booking and citation processing areas. Since April 2005, they have been able to positively identify 1592 suspect fingerprints from various crimes ranging from bank robberies, armed robberies, homicides, burglaries to auto thefts. Of these 1592 fingerprint identifications, 178 were from palm print identifications. Additionally, within the citation processing area, the upgraded system provides "real-time" processing from booking to court appearance, which has dramatically reduced the number of warrants issued for people who fail to appear for their court date. "We are extremely pleased with the successful results the Metro-Nashville Police Department was able to achieve with our AFIS technology," said Dean Petty, Client Solutions Manager, Identification Solutions Division of NEC Corporation of America. "The high-level benefits of our system are bar none, and our solutions offers a variety of advanced features to meet any law enforcement identification needs that include not only improving the safety of residents but also to streamline operations and improve workflow performance." Joining other 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). across the country, the Metro-Nashville PD relies on AFIS to process detainee de·tain·ee n. A person held in custody or confinement: a political detainee. Noun 1. detainee - some held in custody political detainee prints in minutes and quickly identify possible suspects; resulting in latent search hit rates that are much higher than those of other biometric systems. It is a certifiable cer·ti·fi·a·ble adj. 1. That can or must be certified. Used of infectious, industrial, and other diseases that are required by law to be reported to health authorities. 2. technology that improves productivity, accuracy, and reliability even as systems continue to grow beyond their original design size. Administrator costs and the need to invest in long-term expansion are significantly reduced, offering a reliable solution with an attractive total cost of ownership. NEC AFIS technology has been widely recognized for its technical excellence and has received top-ranking in prominent U.S. Government-sponsored studies by the Justice Management Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. About NEC Corporation of America NEC Corporation of America is a leading technology provider of IT, network and visual display solutions. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, NEC Corporation of America is the North America subsidiary of NEC Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :NIPNY). NEC Corporation of America delivers technology and professional services ranging from server and storage solutions, digital presentation and visual display systems to biometric identification, IP voice and data solutions, optical network and microwave radio communications. 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. NEC is a registered trademark of NEC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Other product or service marks mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. [c] 2006 NEC Corporation of America. |
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