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Law enforcement bodies, federal, state and local identification bureaus, and correction agencies have pioneered the use of biometrics. In today's world biometric identification is an essential instrument to combat crimes that jeopardize public safety, citizens' constitutional rights, as well as public and commercial interests.

Biometric technologies can also be used to intensify the fight against terrorism, organized crime, drug dealing, illegal migration and human trafficking.

The key tasks efficiently performed by biometrics in law enforcement activities are as follows:

• Reliable identification of potential suspects and criminal elements by their biometric credentials;
• Mobile identification of those detained in the course of public events (football matches, etc.);
• Criminal record checks (for law enforcement employees, school bus drivers, security guards, licensed day-care workers, social workers, persons seeking liquor licenses, etc).
• Identification of citizens in emergency zones (earthquakes, floods, typhoons, and human-caused disasters) that do not possess identification documents;
• Prompt identification of incapable or unconscious persons (searching for kidnapped or missing children);
• Access restriction for unauthorized persons to enter governmental, municipal and other similar state facilities;
• Access control to courtrooms and penitentiary facilities.

Project References

• IAFIS is the FBI's integrated automated fingerprint identification system that stores rolled fingerprints. IAFIS is designed to track lawbreakers by handling a large volume of fingerprint checks against over 40 million criminal records used by 50 US states and numerous law enforcement agencies;
• A biometric identification system to identify those affected by the New Orleans hurricane and flooding and who are entitled to the monetary reimbursement;
• A multi-biometric identification system for applicants in governmental institutions, the army and the police in Iraq by fingerprints, iris and face images.

BioLink offers the following solutions for law-enforcement applications:

• BioLink AMIS, an automated multi-biometric information system
• BioLink U-Match, a fingerprint scanner;
• CrossMatch Verifier, a special fingerprint scanner;
• BioLink U-Match Mobile, a mobile identification terminal;
• BioTime, a biometric T&A and access control system.