Police in Plymouth County, Massachusetts will use biometric tools to identify sex offenders and gang members
Police in Plymouth County, Massachusetts recently became the country’s first law enforcement agency in the country to use a new biometric recognition device for immediate retrieval of criminal records, according to Government Technology.
The Mobile and Wireless Multi-Modal Biometric Offender Recognition and Information System is a sleeve that fits over an iPhone and captures electronic fingerprints, iris scans and photographs of suspected criminals at the scene arrest. The device then sends the data through a cloud-based storage database and informs law enforcement if the suspect has a prior record as a sex offender, gang member or illegal alien, Government Technology reports.
County Sheriff Joseph McDonald recently explained the advantages the biometric identification tool gives law enforcement agencies in the area. According to Government Technology, he said "the technology is a game-changer."
"It’s going to enable officers to really get a handle on who the bad guys are, and make it more difficult for these bad guys to hide from us," he added.
Biometrics have recently been implemented into other law enforcement operations in the country. Earlier this month, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were given technology to share biometric information on illegal aliens to help identify repeat offenders.
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