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Facial Recognition Systems in FCPD
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Lurker.
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Date: August 15, 2010 11:48PM
Interesting article about the Fairfax County PD identity systems.
http://www.findbiometrics.com/interviews/i/7547/
We currently employ a Datastrip model, but we’re looking at other models as well. The Datastrip Mobile AFIS is a fingerprint and a facial recognition system we use in the field. The Mobile AFIS is used by our patrol units, neighbourhood patrol units,— which are our bike-teams, gang units, narcotics units, fugitive section, crime scene section and crash reconstruction section. The circumstances of the encounter dictate the use of the device. It is used most often in a voluntary capacity; for example, the person to be identified does not have identification, or provides what is known to be fake documents. The officer will challenge them as to their true identity. The officer will then ask the individual to volunteer to use the mobile AFIS device to confirm their identity or provide some other proof of their identity. This works particularly well in situations where the person is under arrest for a traffic or summons releasable offense where they could be issued a summons and released if they could provide confirmation of their identification through a valid license or ID. If the subject has neither, they can volunteer to use the mobile AFIS to avoid having to be taken before a magistrate. If the subject is under arrest, then they just come with us anyway, and we go to a jail facility where we confirm their identity through our live-scan systems. But, when our personnel are out in the field, it is used as voluntary identification system.
http://www.findbiometrics.com/interviews/i/7547/
We currently employ a Datastrip model, but we’re looking at other models as well. The Datastrip Mobile AFIS is a fingerprint and a facial recognition system we use in the field. The Mobile AFIS is used by our patrol units, neighbourhood patrol units,— which are our bike-teams, gang units, narcotics units, fugitive section, crime scene section and crash reconstruction section. The circumstances of the encounter dictate the use of the device. It is used most often in a voluntary capacity; for example, the person to be identified does not have identification, or provides what is known to be fake documents. The officer will challenge them as to their true identity. The officer will then ask the individual to volunteer to use the mobile AFIS device to confirm their identity or provide some other proof of their identity. This works particularly well in situations where the person is under arrest for a traffic or summons releasable offense where they could be issued a summons and released if they could provide confirmation of their identification through a valid license or ID. If the subject has neither, they can volunteer to use the mobile AFIS to avoid having to be taken before a magistrate. If the subject is under arrest, then they just come with us anyway, and we go to a jail facility where we confirm their identity through our live-scan systems. But, when our personnel are out in the field, it is used as voluntary identification system.
Re: Facial Recognition Systems in FCPD
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Date: August 16, 2010 12:00AM
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Re: Facial Recognition Systems in FCPD
Posted by:
eesh
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Date: August 16, 2010 12:00AM
Interesting. I wonder if even the slightest weight loss or gain can throw this facial recognition off.
Blessed are the murderous.
Blessed are the murderous.
Re: Facial Recognition Systems in FCPD
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Lurker.
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Date: August 16, 2010 12:14AM
eesh Wrote:
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> Interesting. I wonder if even the slightest weight
> loss or gain can throw this facial recognition
> off.
Or facial hair.
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> Interesting. I wonder if even the slightest weight
> loss or gain can throw this facial recognition
> off.
Or facial hair.
Re: Facial Recognition Systems in FCPD
Posted by:
Oxyclean
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Date: August 16, 2010 05:11AM
Facial recognition can be thrown off very easily, but only in that it won't pull up an exact match. Odds are there will be a list of possible matches with the correct match listed in there. All it takes then is for whomever is running the search to look at the pictures that come back to make the final determination.
It is most affected by the resolution of the photo, if you are smiling/frowning, and by facial hair.
It is most affected by the resolution of the photo, if you are smiling/frowning, and by facial hair.
Re: Facial Recognition Systems in FCPD
Posted by:
Gravis
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Date: August 16, 2010 11:16PM
the lesson learned is that you should always have a large joker smile and then when you start breaking the law, you should frown.
"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."
"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."