Skip to main content

FBI Facial Recognition System Completed

FBI Facial Recognition System Completed

  • By Ginger Hill
  • Sep 15, 2014

Well, looks like the time has come after three years of development. The FBI’s Next Generation Identification (NGI) system that we spoke about in April is fully operational and includes a controversial feature known as Interstate Photo System (IPS). FBI Facial Recognition System CompletedIPS is facial recognition that allows agents to search photographs of people with criminal backgrounds.

The controversy comes from privacy groups as the FBI is mixing traditional mug shot photos with non-criminal photographs obtained from employment records and background check databases. Remember that they system is supposed to collect as many as 52 million photographs by 2015?

I’m not so much worried about this database of photos as I am about the system’s low rate of success. For any given face, NGI produces a list of 50 possible matches, promising only an 85% chance that the suspect will be one of the matches as law enforcement groups across the U.S. will soon begin working with the NGI system.

Wonder how many cases of mistaken identity the future holds?

About the Author

Ginger Hill is Group Social Media Manager.

Featured

Most   Popular

New Products

  • ResponderLink

    ResponderLink

    Shooter Detection Systems (SDS), an Alarm.com company and a global leader in gunshot detection solutions, has introduced ResponderLink, a groundbreaking new 911 notification service for gunshot events. ResponderLink completes the circle from detection to 911 notification to first responder awareness, giving law enforcement enhanced situational intelligence they urgently need to save lives. Integrating SDS’s proven gunshot detection system with Noonlight’s SendPolice platform, ResponderLink is the first solution to automatically deliver real-time gunshot detection data to 911 call centers and first responders. When shots are detected, the 911 dispatching center, also known as the Public Safety Answering Point or PSAP, is contacted based on the gunfire location, enabling faster initiation of life-saving emergency protocols.

  • Camden CM-221 Series Switches

    Camden CM-221 Series Switches

    Camden Door Controls is pleased to announce that, in response to soaring customer demand, it has expanded its range of ValueWave™ no-touch switches to include a narrow (slimline) version with manual override. This override button is designed to provide additional assurance that the request to exit switch will open a door, even if the no-touch sensor fails to operate. This new slimline switch also features a heavy gauge stainless steel faceplate, a red/green illuminated light ring, and is IP65 rated, making it ideal for indoor or outdoor use as part of an automatic door or access control system. ValueWave™ no-touch switches are designed for easy installation and trouble-free service in high traffic applications. In addition to this narrow version, the CM-221 & CM-222 Series switches are available in a range of other models with single and double gang heavy-gauge stainless steel faceplates and include illuminated light rings.

  • Compact IP Video Intercom

    Viking’s X-205 Series of intercoms provide HD IP video and two-way voice communication - all wrapped up in an attractive compact chassis.