Tuesday event: INNOVATIVE IRIS IDENTIFICATION SCAN MEETS SHERIFF BACA'S VISION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INNOVATIVE IRIS IDENTIFICATION SCAN MEETS SHERIFF BACA’S VISION

                                                           

 

WHO: SHERIFF LEE BACA, LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, AND SEAN MULLIN, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF BI2 TECHNOLOGIES.   

                                   

WHAT:           SHERIFF BACA WILL UNVEIL A NEW AND INNOVATIVE IRIS BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM.  THE SYSTEM WILL BE DONATED TO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT THROUGH A NATIONAL SHERIFF’S ASSOCIATION GRANT FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, OFFICE OF COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES (COPS).  THIS TWO-YEAR PILOT PROGRAM WILL BE CONDUCTED AT NO COST TO LOS ANGELES COUNTY, AND IN RETURN, THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT WILL PROVIDE CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK TO THE NATIONAL SHERIFF’S ASSOCIATION ABOUT THE SYSTEM.  THIS SYSTEM WILL ULTIMATELY PROVIDE CUSTODY FACILITIES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL WITH A BETTER TOOL TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS.     

           

WHEN:           TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2009, AT 10:00 A.M.

                                                           

WHERE:        CENTURY REGIONAL DETENTION FACILITY

                      11703 SOUTH ALAMEDA STREET

                         LYNWOOD, CALIFORNIA  90262                              

                         (THOMAS GUIDE PAGE 704, J-5 )                    

 

***A DEMONSTRATION OF THE SYSTEM WILL BE AVAILABLE***

                       

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT SHERIFF’S HEADQUARTERS BUREAU AT

(323) 267-4800 OR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER NICOLE NISHIDA AT

(323) 810-1973.       

 

SHB-150M-09           X        X        X            NOVEMBER 25, 2009