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Visionics Receives New $580K Order From Oakland County CLEMIS Agencies for New Live Scan Systems and Upgrades.


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MINNETONKA, Minn. AND JERSEY CITY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 17, 2002

Visionics Corporation (Nasdaq: VSNX), the worldwide leader in identification technologies and systems, announced an order from Oakland County CLEMIS CLEMIS Courts and Law Enforcement Management Information System (Oakland County, MI)  for 10 additional Live Scan FingerPrinter CMS (1) See content management system and color management system.

(2) (Conversational Monitor System) Software that provides interactive communications for IBM's VM operating system.
 (CMS) systems as well as central site equipment and upgrades to the existing live scan system.

With this order, the total number of systems on the Oakland County network is 56 live scans. The order is valued at approximately $580,000 and is expected to be complete by the end of next quarter.

Dr. Joseph J. Atick, Visionics' Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  stated, "Oakland County CLEMIS members continue to benefit from our live scan technology A method for testing chips on the printed circuit board by building the chip with additional input and output pins that are used only for test purposes. Full scan methods test all the registers on the chip.  to enhance traditional law enforcement processes, shortening processing cycles and reducing processing errors and ultimately making a tremendous impact on arrests and subject identification. Visionics' commitment to providing cutting-edge technology and customer service has translated into a long list of satisfied and repeat customers, Oakland County CLEMIS being a prime example. Looking ahead, our broadening product line and acquired expertise helps to ensure that we continue to be the most sought-after biometric technology provider to the law enforcement community and beyond."

Oakland County CLEMIS (Courts & Law Enforcement Management Information Systems), a consortium of over 75 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 five counties in southeastern Michigan which supplies the State with over 33% of all arrest and charge decisions, cited live scan's significant enhancement to its law enforcement efforts as the reason for its new order.

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 Sgt. Kim G. Rossman, Live Scan Project Manager, "By adding the additional ten live scan units along with the Prosecutor's charging system, CLEMIS and Visionics have again enhanced the criminal record building system in the State of Michigan. In addition, the Visionics live scan system continues to prove to be a valuable tool to law enforcement in the identification of suspected offenders".

Visionics' CMS is an integrated live-scan fingerprinting system that captures, prints and transmits fingerprints without the use of ink. The Oakland County CLEMIS Live Scan network integrates Visionics' CMS units, ACMS ACMS Aircraft Condition(ing) Monitoring System
ACMS Application Control Management System
ACMS Allegheny County Medical Society (Pittsburgh, PA)
ACMS Allianze College of Medical Sciences
 (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) 
 Communications Management Communications management is the systematic planning, implementing, monitoring, and revision of all the channels of communication within an organization, and between organizations; it also includes the organization and dissemination of new communication directives connected with an  System) and Store and Forward system with an Oracle database server in order to provide intelligent data capture, management and transmission. The workstation portion of the system has been tagged "PIMS PIMS Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences
PIMS Penalty Minutes (hockey)
PIMS Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences
PIMS Profit Impact of Market Strategy
PIMS Project Information Management System
" (Prosecutor's Information Management System). The Oakland County CLEMIS network reduces subject processing times, enables faster matching of fingerprint records and facilitates electronic submission of charging data to the State.

On February 22, 2002, Identix Incorporated (Nasdaq: IDNX IDNX Integrated Digital Network Exchange
IDNX Integrated Data Network Exchange
) and Visionics announced that they had entered into a definitive merger agreement in an effort intended to create the world's leading multi-biometric security technology company. Upon completion of the merger, the combined company will be named Identix Incorporated and will be headquartered in Minnetonka, MN.

The preliminary joint proxy statement/prospectus related to the merger was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Identix and Visionics on March 18, 2002, and an amended version was deemed effective by the SEC on May 21, 2002. Investors and stockholders are urged to read the joint proxy statement/prospectus regarding the business combination transaction referenced above because it contains important information. Investors and stockholders may obtain a free copy of the joint proxy statement/prospectus and other documents filed by Identix and Visionics with the SEC at the SEC web site at www.sec.gov, Identix' web site at www.identix.com or Visionics' web site at www.visionics.com.

About Visionics Corporation

Visionics Corporation is the worldwide leader in identification technologies and systems. The Company is uniquely positioned with a comprehensive set of 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  product offerings: FaceIt(R), live scan, IBIS and BNP BNP B-type natriuretic peptide, brain natriuretic peptide Physiology A 32-residue peptide hormone produced predominantly in the ventricles, secreted in response to fluid overload–eg, CHF. See Atrial natriuretic peptide. . The award-winning core FaceIt(R) technology enables a broad range of products and applications built by partners (OEMs, VARs and system integrators). These include enhanced CCTV CCTV
abbr.
closed-circuit television


CCTV closed-circuit television
 systems, identity fraud applications, and identity verification Noun 1. identity verification - 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  systems for physical and network security, travel and banking. The TENPRINTER, FingerPrinter CMS and Modular live scan systems are the most widely used by government agencies, law enforcement, airports, banks and other commercial institutions in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . IBIS is a revolutionary mobile identification system capable of capturing both forensic quality fingerprints and photographs for transmission and wireless transmission of data to law enforcement and other legacy databases for real-time identification. Finally, the BNP is the only commercially available platform for delivering scalable biometric solutions. It incorporates FaceIt(R) technology for implementation over large-scale networks and real-time identification. The product offerings are reflective of Visionics' leadership position in the biometric industry and commitment to the innovation of identification technologies.

More information on Visionics can be accessed via the Company web site at http://www.visionics.com or by calling Frances Zelazny, Director of Corporate Communications at +1 201-332-9213.

This news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected on the basis of such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are made based on management's beliefs, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management pursuant to the "safe-harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995. Among the most significant risks and uncertainties with respect to the merger between Visionics and Identix are obtaining regulatory and shareholder approval, fulfilling the conditions set forth in the Definitive Merger Agreement for the close of the anticipated transaction, and the timing of the closing of the transaction. For a more complete description of the risk factors, which may affect the future performance of Visionics and Identix on an individual basis, see "Risk Factors" under the respective companies' annual reports and other periodic SEC filings.

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    CONTACT: Visionics Corporation, Jersey City
             Frances Zelazny, 201/332-9213 ext. 205
                          or
             Meir Kahtan, 212/699-6065

    KEYWORD: NEW JERSEY MINNESOTA
    INDUSTRY KEYWORD: BANKING COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS INTERNET SOFTWARE
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