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Identix Expands Deployment of IBIS Mobile, Real Time Identification Ne
Identix Expands Deployment of IBIS Mobile, Real Time Identification Network in Minnesota with Deployment by Additional Government Agency Continued Excellent Results From the Field Drive Additional Roll-out of IBIS Server and Handheld Units
Identix Incorporated (Nasdaq:IDNX), the world's leading multi-biometrics technology company, announced today that the State of Minnesota continues to increase the ability of its law enforcement officers to conduct real-time, on-the-spot identification of individuals in the field with an expansion of its rollout of the Identix(R) IBIS system. A new IBIS server, along with 16 IBIS additional mobile handheld units, has been deployed by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA). The BCA IBIS server will increase overall system capacity and provides law enforcement officers in the field with an additional data mining server to transmit, process, and respond to their real-time IBIS transactions from their mobile units, helping to ensure rapid response times. The BCA is also deploying an additional 16 IBIS handheld units for distribution to Minnesota law enforcement officers. The IBIS handheld units provide officers with the ability to capture and wirelessly transmit fingerprint and facial image data of suspects in the field through the IBIS server. With this rollout of additional units, Minnesota now has more than 80 IBIS handheld units for officer use throughout the State. Minnesota currently employs more than 9,000 law enforcement officers. The Minnesota IBIS deployment has been funded by grants 2000-9347-MN-IJ and 2000-9345-MN-IJ from the National Institute of Justice.
"The power that Identix' IBIS solution places in the hands of our officers is clearly demonstrated in the fantastic field results we have seen," said Lieutenant Bob Hamborg of the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office. "Through November of 2004, we conducted 3,807 submissions of fingerprints from subjects detained in the field against the Minnesota AFIS. Of those submissions, 848, or 22 percent, came back with a hit, meaning this individual was already in the database and probably warranted additional investigation."
Lieutenant Hamborg commented on a recent IBIS transaction: "Earlier this month, the Woodbury Police Department responded to a call from a bank related to a report of a fraudulent check being passed. Officers made contact with the woman who was passing the check and she provided a Minnesota driver's license as proof of identity. The woman repeatedly told the officers she was the person on the driver's license, but the officers were suspicious due to the fact that the picture on the license did not look exactly like her. One of the officers pulled out an Identix IBIS handheld unit and captured two fingerprints from the woman and a photo, and wireless transmitted the information to search against the Minnesota AFIS. Within two minutes, the officers received a response on the IBIS handheld unit that indicated a positive hit on the woman's fingerprint along with her correct name and date of birth. Confronted with indisputable facts based on her biometric identification, the woman confessed that she had provided another person's driver's license. It was later determined that she had committed a forgery and had multiple other identifications and stolen checks in her possession."
Lieutenant Hamborg concluded, "The additional IBIS server will help ensure that the response time for searches from the field continues to be under three minutes. IBIS is a valuable tool for our deputies."
Identix President & CEO Dr. Joseph J. Atick commented, "As we bid on projects and enter into pilot programs for IBIS deployments throughout the Nation, Minnesota, and specifically Hennepin County, continues to provide an excellent example of the power that Identix' cutting-edge biometric technology provides real world encounters in the field. IBIS is proven to remove suspected criminals from the streets, while assisting law enforcement officers in becoming even more efficient and effective. We look forward to continuing to meet Minnesota's needs for real-time, on-the-spot identification in the field and to helping them reach their objective of an IBIS for every officer."
About Identix IBIS
The Identix IBIS system delivers identity information into the hands of field officers - on city streets and at border crossings - in minutes, whenever and from wherever they need it, and is ideally suited for every single law enforcement officer who is faced with the complex, daily decisions of assessing a proffered identity. Identix' IBIS system uses a patented hand-held portable data terminal that enables law enforcement officers in the field to capture and wirelessly transmit a suspect's fingerprints and photograph for searches against various law enforcement databases. If there is a match, the system returns the person's name, date of birth and mug shot directly to the officer's handheld terminal. The officer can then check the person's criminal history and search for any outstanding warrants using an identity verified through biometrics. If there is no match, the fingerprint and photo files are discarded from the system.
Deployments of IBIS by law enforcement agencies in Hennepin County, MN, Ontario, CA and Portland, OR have resulted in significant time-savings by eliminating the need to take every suspect into the station for booking just to identify them. In this way, IBIS has also helped to prevent false arrest and increases officer safety by helping to know right away if the person in question is wanted. Additionally, the current IBIS programs have proven successful in helping to remove a number of wanted felons from the streets. Of the more than 12,800 field transmissions that have been conducted to date, over 3,100 were positive hits against law enforcement databases and more than 535 resulted in field detentions or arrests.
Identix' IBIS system and the various deployments of IBIS throughout the Nation have received recognition and awards for its technological advances and benefits to law enforcement agencies from several industry and analysts groups, including from Tekne, the Minnesota High Technology Association and Qualcomm in 2003, and most recently, from Government Computer News, for the implementation in Hennepin County.
Identix is a registered trademark and trademark of Identix Incorporated in the United States and other countries.
About Identix Incorporated
Identix Incorporated (Nasdaq:IDNX) is the world's leading multi-biometric technology company. Identix provides fingerprint, facial and skin biometric technologies, as well as systems, and critical system components that empower the identification of individuals in large-scale ID and ID management programs. The Company's offerings include live scan systems and services for biometric data capture, mobile systems for on-the-spot ID, and backend standards-based modules and software components for biometric matching and data mining. Identix products are used to conduct background checks, speed travel and commerce via secure identification documents, prevent identity fraud in large-scale government and civil ID programs, and control access to secure areas and networks. With a global network of partners, such as leading system integrators, defense prime contractors and OEMs, Identix serves a broad range of markets including government, law enforcement, gaming, finance, travel, transportation, corporate enterprise and healthcare.
More information on Identix can be accessed via the Company web site at http://www.identix.com.
Statements in this release that relate to future plans, events or performance are forward-looking statements reflecting management's current expectations, assumptions and estimates of future performance and economic conditions. All forward-looking statements are made in reliance on the safe harbor provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Identix cautions investors that forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. Risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, those related to the ability of Identix to complete complex product development and obtain relevant government agency certifications on a timely basis; the availability of funding from government and other customers; and the readiness of customers to accept delivery of new products on a timely basis; the ability of the Company to achieve targeted levels of product and component mix; increasing levels of competition; and other risks identified in the Company's SEC filings. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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MINNETONKA, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 2005--
Identix Incorporated (Nasdaq:IDNX), the world's leading multi-biometrics technology company, announced today that the State of Minnesota continues to increase the ability of its law enforcement officers to conduct real-time, on-the-spot identification of individuals in the field with an expansion of its rollout of the Identix(R) IBIS system. A new IBIS server, along with 16 IBIS additional mobile handheld units, has been deployed by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA). The BCA IBIS server will increase overall system capacity and provides law enforcement officers in the field with an additional data mining server to transmit, process, and respond to their real-time IBIS transactions from their mobile units, helping to ensure rapid response times. The BCA is also deploying an additional 16 IBIS handheld units for distribution to Minnesota law enforcement officers. The IBIS handheld units provide officers with the ability to capture and wirelessly transmit fingerprint and facial image data of suspects in the field through the IBIS server. With this rollout of additional units, Minnesota now has more than 80 IBIS handheld units for officer use throughout the State. Minnesota currently employs more than 9,000 law enforcement officers. The Minnesota IBIS deployment has been funded by grants 2000-9347-MN-IJ and 2000-9345-MN-IJ from the National Institute of Justice.
"The power that Identix' IBIS solution places in the hands of our officers is clearly demonstrated in the fantastic field results we have seen," said Lieutenant Bob Hamborg of the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office. "Through November of 2004, we conducted 3,807 submissions of fingerprints from subjects detained in the field against the Minnesota AFIS. Of those submissions, 848, or 22 percent, came back with a hit, meaning this individual was already in the database and probably warranted additional investigation."
Lieutenant Hamborg commented on a recent IBIS transaction: "Earlier this month, the Woodbury Police Department responded to a call from a bank related to a report of a fraudulent check being passed. Officers made contact with the woman who was passing the check and she provided a Minnesota driver's license as proof of identity. The woman repeatedly told the officers she was the person on the driver's license, but the officers were suspicious due to the fact that the picture on the license did not look exactly like her. One of the officers pulled out an Identix IBIS handheld unit and captured two fingerprints from the woman and a photo, and wireless transmitted the information to search against the Minnesota AFIS. Within two minutes, the officers received a response on the IBIS handheld unit that indicated a positive hit on the woman's fingerprint along with her correct name and date of birth. Confronted with indisputable facts based on her biometric identification, the woman confessed that she had provided another person's driver's license. It was later determined that she had committed a forgery and had multiple other identifications and stolen checks in her possession."
Lieutenant Hamborg concluded, "The additional IBIS server will help ensure that the response time for searches from the field continues to be under three minutes. IBIS is a valuable tool for our deputies."
Identix President & CEO Dr. Joseph J. Atick commented, "As we bid on projects and enter into pilot programs for IBIS deployments throughout the Nation, Minnesota, and specifically Hennepin County, continues to provide an excellent example of the power that Identix' cutting-edge biometric technology provides real world encounters in the field. IBIS is proven to remove suspected criminals from the streets, while assisting law enforcement officers in becoming even more efficient and effective. We look forward to continuing to meet Minnesota's needs for real-time, on-the-spot identification in the field and to helping them reach their objective of an IBIS for every officer."
About Identix IBIS
The Identix IBIS system delivers identity information into the hands of field officers - on city streets and at border crossings - in minutes, whenever and from wherever they need it, and is ideally suited for every single law enforcement officer who is faced with the complex, daily decisions of assessing a proffered identity. Identix' IBIS system uses a patented hand-held portable data terminal that enables law enforcement officers in the field to capture and wirelessly transmit a suspect's fingerprints and photograph for searches against various law enforcement databases. If there is a match, the system returns the person's name, date of birth and mug shot directly to the officer's handheld terminal. The officer can then check the person's criminal history and search for any outstanding warrants using an identity verified through biometrics. If there is no match, the fingerprint and photo files are discarded from the system.
Deployments of IBIS by law enforcement agencies in Hennepin County, MN, Ontario, CA and Portland, OR have resulted in significant time-savings by eliminating the need to take every suspect into the station for booking just to identify them. In this way, IBIS has also helped to prevent false arrest and increases officer safety by helping to know right away if the person in question is wanted. Additionally, the current IBIS programs have proven successful in helping to remove a number of wanted felons from the streets. Of the more than 12,800 field transmissions that have been conducted to date, over 3,100 were positive hits against law enforcement databases and more than 535 resulted in field detentions or arrests.
Identix' IBIS system and the various deployments of IBIS throughout the Nation have received recognition and awards for its technological advances and benefits to law enforcement agencies from several industry and analysts groups, including from Tekne, the Minnesota High Technology Association and Qualcomm in 2003, and most recently, from Government Computer News, for the implementation in Hennepin County.
Identix is a registered trademark and trademark of Identix Incorporated in the United States and other countries.
About Identix Incorporated
Identix Incorporated (Nasdaq:IDNX) is the world's leading multi-biometric technology company. Identix provides fingerprint, facial and skin biometric technologies, as well as systems, and critical system components that empower the identification of individuals in large-scale ID and ID management programs. The Company's offerings include live scan systems and services for biometric data capture, mobile systems for on-the-spot ID, and backend standards-based modules and software components for biometric matching and data mining. Identix products are used to conduct background checks, speed travel and commerce via secure identification documents, prevent identity fraud in large-scale government and civil ID programs, and control access to secure areas and networks. With a global network of partners, such as leading system integrators, defense prime contractors and OEMs, Identix serves a broad range of markets including government, law enforcement, gaming, finance, travel, transportation, corporate enterprise and healthcare.
More information on Identix can be accessed via the Company web site at http://www.identix.com.
Statements in this release that relate to future plans, events or performance are forward-looking statements reflecting management's current expectations, assumptions and estimates of future performance and economic conditions. All forward-looking statements are made in reliance on the safe harbor provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Identix cautions investors that forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. Risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, those related to the ability of Identix to complete complex product development and obtain relevant government agency certifications on a timely basis; the availability of funding from government and other customers; and the readiness of customers to accept delivery of new products on a timely basis; the ability of the Company to achieve targeted levels of product and component mix; increasing levels of competition; and other risks identified in the Company's SEC filings. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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CONTACT: Identix Incorporated, Minnetonka Media Contacts: Frances Zelazny, 201-332-9213 frances.zelazny@identix.com or Meir Kahtan, 212-699-6065 mkahtan@rcn.com or Investor Contact: Damon Wright, 952-979-8485 damon.wright@identix.com
KEYWORD: MINNESOTA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: LEGAL/LAW AEROSPACE/DEFENSE GOVERNMENT PRODUCT MARKETING AGREEMENTS SOURCE: Identix Incorporated
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