Florida's Pinellas County Sheriff's Office Makes 100th Arrest Using Viisage Mobile Identity Solution; Viisage Enables Officers in the Field to Instantaneously Identify and Verify Known Offenders.

BILLERICA, Mass. -- The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office (PCSO) in Florida made its 100th arrest using an advanced technology identity solution from Viisage (Nasdaq: VISG). The solution is powered by Viisage's leading face recognition technology that adds mobility and immediate capture, enrollment and search capabilities to the vast database of facial images used by deputy sheriffs in the course of apprehending suspects.

Lieutenant Jim Main of the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office who directs the project commented, "The ability to accurately and rapidly speed the identification and verification of arrestees in the field with this solution has been an invaluable tool in helping our deputies understand who they are encountering in the field, thereby leading the way in providing increased safety for the public and our deputies."

Many times deputies in the field are presented with questionable credentials, no credentials or false identity information by suspects. With the Viisage solution, deputies can capture an individual's image with a digital camera, place the camera into a docking station in the patrol car and through wireless communication to the PCSO's existing image database, and conduct a face recognition search to determine if the individual has been previously arrested. As a result, deputies can immediately determine if an individual being questioned has a prior criminal record and make a necessary arrest on the spot. The PCSO first deployed the Viisage solution in more than 50 marked patrol cars beginning in June 2004.

"Public safety is an important application of our identity solution and helping officers to make a more efficient, speedy and valid arrest is integral to its continued proliferation," added Bernard Bailey, president and CEO of Viisage. "Our solution is implemented across a number of state, local and federal law enforcement agencies today and we only see this growing based on the success to date."

About Viisage

Viisage (NASDAQ: VISG) delivers advanced technology identity solutions for governments, law enforcement agencies and businesses concerned with enhancing security, reducing identity theft, and protecting personal privacy. Viisage solutions include secure credentials such as passports and drivers' licenses, biometric technologies for uniquely linking individuals to those credentials, and credential authentication technologies to ensure the documents are valid before individuals are allowed to cross borders, gain access to finances, or granted other privileges. With over 3,000 installations worldwide, Viisage's identity solutions stand out as a result of the Company's industry-leading technology and unique understanding of customer needs. Viisage's product suite includes FaceTOOLS(R) SDK, Viisage PROOF(TM), FaceEXPLORER(R), Viisage iA-thenticate(R), BorderGuard(R), IdentityTOOLS(TM), IdentityEXPLORER(TM), FacePASS(TM) and FaceFINDER(R).

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