MOTOROLA UNVEILS PRINTRAK BIS PALMPRINT/FINGERPRINT TECHNOLOGY.In just three months since deploying criminal biometrics technology from Motorola, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :MOT) officials in Palm Beach County, Florida Palm Beach County is a county located in the state of Florida. As of 2007, the county had a population of 1,351,236 according to the University of Florida, Bureau of Economic and Business Research[1]. report an additional 75 crimes --- including burglaries and an assortment of other crimes --- already have been solved in part because of Motorola's advanced 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 and palmprint technology. In March 2005, Palm Beach County installed a Motorola Printrak Biometric Identification Noun 1. biometric identification - the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics; "negative identification can only be accomplished through biometric identification"; "if a pin or password is lost or Solution (Printrak BIS) to help law enforcement officials solve more crimes and more accurately track and identify criminals. The Printrak BIS solution allows law enforcement officers to easily enter, search, match, identify and verify fingerprints, palmprints, mugshots, signatures and case records. It also enables Palm Beach County officials to access and input into a larger, statewide criminal database. "We invested $1.1 million in fingerprint and palmprint technology to help keep our community safe. We've been a Motorola customer for the past 16 years, and we believe in its biometric solutions. The fingerprint database has grown to over 270,000 records, and we're constantly adding more records, which increases our chances to solve crimes and close cases," stated Mark L. McDonald, 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) supervisor of the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. He added that of the 75 additional crimes that have been solved to date, the majority have been burglaries. Palm Beach County is located in the Southern region of Florida and has more than 1.2 million residents. The Motorola Printrak BIS solution interfaces directly to the statewide Florida Department Florida is a department (departamento) of Uruguay. Population and Demographics As of the census of 2004, there were 68,181 people and 21,938 households in the department. The average household size was 3.1. For every 100 females, there were 100.4 males. of Law Enforcement (FDLE FDLE Florida Department of Law Enforcement ) biometric system, which is also provided by Motorola. The communications interface between the Palm Beach County and Florida state biometric databases helps ensure that law enforcement officers who are working on cases across borders or jurisdictions have access to vital criminal information such as fingerprints and palmprints, and are able to share them quickly and accurately across agencies to help build evidence and solve crimes. Motorola is a leading provider of Mission Critical communication solutions, including criminal biometric solutions and Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems 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) to help public safety agencies track and accurately identify individuals. Motorola is one of the world's leading biometric companies, with solutions in more than 37 countries. About Motorola Motorola is a Fortune 100 global communications leader that provides seamless mobility products and solutions across broadband, embedded systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. and wireless networks. In your home, auto, workplace and all spaces in between, seamless mobility means you can reach the people, things and information you need, anywhere, anytime. Seamless mobility harnesses the power of technology convergence and enables smarter, faster, cost-effective and flexible communication. Motorola had sales of US $31.3 billion in 2004. For more information, visit http://www.motorola.com or call 203/325-3381. |
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