Finland Police is harnessing Speaker Identification technology to fight crime. Speaker Identification identifies suspect uniquely and provides vital clues which can avert potential acts of terror
) March 5, 2009 -- The National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) issued a statement today in response to the recent assault on McGruff the Crime Dog as he was handing out fliers to children, by a bus driver in Washington, D.C. The bus driver, Shawn Brim, was quickly apprehended by D.C. police officers. Brim later said that he was trying to be funny. "It is sad and unfortunate that Mr. Brim believes violence is either acceptable or funny. NCPC applauds the swift actions of the officers to apprehend the suspect.
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In the FBIs latest figures for the first half of 2006 law enforcement agencies throughout the U.S. reported an increase of 3.7 percent for the number of violent crimes compared to FBI statistics for the same period of the previous year. The statistical increase in violent crime also coincides with other alarming annual reports: The National Violence Against Women Survey (NVAWS), claims that more than 300,000 women are raped annually and, perhaps as expected, men are responsible for 100% of these rapes as well as 92% of all physical assaults and 97% of stalking acts.
National Institute of Industrial Research, NIIR is a reliable name in the industrial world for offering integrated technical consultancy services. Its various services are: Pre-feasibility study, New Project Identification, Project Feasibility and Market Study, Identification of Profitable Industrial Project Opportunities, Preparation of Project Profiles / Pre-Investment and Pre-Feasibility Studies, Market Surveys / Studies, Preparation of Techno-Economic Feasibility Reports, Identification and Section of Plant /Process / Equipment, General Guidance, Technical and Commercial Counseling for setting up new industrial projects.
) March 26, 2009 -- From the pages of Popular Science Magazine's "Top 100 Innovations of the Year", Draganfly Innovations' Draganflyer X6 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has made the significant leap to commercial utilization.
Identification Constable Marc Sharpe of the Kenora Identification Services Unit, Ontario Provincial Police with Draganflyer X6.
More than 57 percent of Americans report being more fearful of crime due to the economic downturn, according to a survey by the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) and the Stewart and Partners research firm. (PRWeb Oct 1, 2009)
More than 57 percent of Americans report being more fearful of crime due to the economic downturn, according to a survey by the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) and the Stewart and Partners research firm. (PRWeb Sep 30, 2009)
) September 3, 2009 -- It's back to school again and the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) says a troubling teen texting trend is on the rise. It is called sexting -- the act of sending sexually explicit messages or photos electronically, primarily between cell phones and other mobile devices.
) March 5, 2009 -- Enacting RIHANNA'S LAW is the aim. It will make leaking, distributing and publishing private law enforcement crime photos, (such as the one of Rihanna,) illegal whether there is money exchanged or not. The current law, "Mel's Law," requires money change hands in order to be considered a crime. As it stands, anyone can leak private victim photos and get away with it, as long as no one can prove the source received money, which is virtually impossible to do. "The publication of Rihanna's police victim photo was inexcusable and will likely help the alleged attacker get off.
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Announces Decoy Vehicle Product Line
Redmond, OR - National Police Presence, Inc. (NPP) has introduced a totally new kind of decoy vehicle for police, security and traffic calming applications.
PatrolSmart Police Decoy Vehicles present an attractive cost-effective solution to increase police presence 24 hours a day - 7 days a week. PatrolSmart Police Decoy Vehicles are full-size and life-like. Each customized for the particular application they are fulfilling. This is the first, and only, custom manufactured full-size police decoy to be offered in the United States. Target applications include:
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School Zones
Shopping Centers
Commercial Buildings
Banks
Apartment Buildings
The United States House of Representatives passed resolution 177 to recognize officially October as Crime Prevention Month. They join their United States Senate members who passed the resolution in early October (PRWeb Oct 29, 2009)
) March 15, 2009 -- During the current economic crisis, with record-high unemployment, unfortunately, crime is also on the rise. An apartment complex located at the 6400 block of 47th Street in Sacramento, has been experiencing a significant problem with mail theft at their community during the last week. Someone has been opening the complex's main mail kiosk and stealing mail out of the residents' individual mailboxes.
The owner and property management of the complex want to do as much as they can to protect their tenants, as well as their assets so they hired S2 - Security Solutions, a company that installs camera surveillance systems and provides CONSTANT & LIVE video monitoring service.
) May 1, 2009 -- Retica Systems, Inc. today announced Biometric Intelligence & Identification Technologies (BI2 Technologies) of Plymouth, Massachusetts, a leading provider of iris biometric identification technologies for law enforcement, and value added reseller of Retica products, has reached a milestone of 300 system deployments in law enforcement agencies across the United States.
) October 1, 2009 -- iPhone users in San Francisco can now take advantage of a new application that will allow them to track recent crime activity in their neighborhoods or current locations, creating their own personalized crime reports.
SpotCrime San Francisco - which has been chosen as a showcase application on the new DataSF App Showcase link (http://datasf.org/showcase/) - enables iPhone users to identify high crime areas in the sections of the city in which they are traveling.
) September 30, 2009 -- iPhone users in San Francisco can now take advantage of a new application that will allow them to track recent crime activity in their neighborhoods or current locations, creating their own personalized crime reports.
SpotCrime San Francisco - which has been chosen as a showcase application on the new DataSF App Showcase link (http://datasf.org/showcase/) - enables iPhone users to identify high crime areas in the sections of the city in which they are traveling.
Retica Systems, Inc. announced that it will demonstrate the latest gen3 release of its Eagle-Eyes multimodal iris and face capture and identification system at the 2009 Annual Biometrics and Forensics Summit, in San Diego, CA. Eagle-Eyes offers the longest distance, largest capture volume area for identifying multiple individuals, simultaneously in high-volume throughput applications such as border control, customs and airport security, critical infrastructure security, building access control and many others. (PRWeb May 8, 2009)
AcCells is announcing that its first public demonstration of its working mobile identification device (mID) will take place at the MMT Africa Conference and Expo in Johannesburg 4—6 May, 2009.
) July 30, 2009 -- The American Filtration & Separations Society is hosting its 4th Bi-Annual Emissions Solutions in Transportation Conference in Ann Arbor, MI, October 6-8, 2009. The only Transportation Conference in North America with its focus on filtration technology in emission control.
Highlighting the Conference are a number of well-known industry supplier, regulatory, advisory and OEM plenary, luncheon and banquet speakers.
) July 15, 2009 -- IBG will host a free webcast on Virtual Identity trends, technologies and applications on 16 July 2009.
As individuals interact in environments such as Second Life, conducting transactions and establish virtual personal histories, new frameworks are required to deal with the issues of identity and personal identification.
Virtual identity elements can range from everyday elements such as email addresses to exotic elements such as virtual world personae and avatars. Virtual identity elements may be easily linked to traditional identity elements such as a name or a bank account; however, individuals may deliberately maintain separate, difficult-to-link virtual identities.
Los Angeles County Tech Week 2009 announced today that the keynote speaker is Barbara McQuiston, Special Assistant for Energy, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and previous Los Angeles County entrepreneur. During her tenure at DARPA, Ms. McQuiston has directed over $1 billion in high tech development funding for the federal government. (PRWeb Sep 23, 2009)
) October 26, 2008 -- Pryme Radio, visible online at http://www.pryme.com, is announcing that their real time GPS tracking system based on their popular EZTraQ-V, LCD Speaker Microphone is now available as a complete package including 2 GPS LCD Microphones, 2 radio interface cables (customer supplies the radios) and Mapping / Tracking software all for under $600 (MSRP).
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Two data security firms have announced a new project to help fight the explosion in web site attacks. Tel-Aviv -based GamaSec and Nevada-based Data Clone Labs have formed The Zero Day project to protect data and fight cyber crime by scanning web sites for application hazards, (PRWeb Jul 16, 2009)
September 11, 2008 --
Alpharetta, GA, United States, 10/12/2008 – Victor Antonio, the celebrated keynote motivational speaker, sales trainer and business author of The Logic of Success will be the after dinner keynote speaker at the Intel Corporation on September 19th in San Jose, California.
As unique as his personal story, Victor Antonio's programs are loaded with real-life experience. His own family struggled during his youth in Chicago near the Cabrini Green Housing projects, living off of food stamps and government handouts. He escaped poverty, drugs and violence and went on to create The Logic of Success Program.
Along with a webcam, FaceAether can complete the facial identification to login to Windows less than 1 second, so that you no longer need any password.
) April 28, 2009 -- Microtrace, LLC http://www.microtracesolutions.com a leading manufacturer of traceable anti counterfeit taggant technologies, today announced enhancements to their Microtaggant® technology as well as the availability of several ready-to-use solutions for product security / brand protection. Taggants are uniquely encoded for each customer or application and are used to address issues of counterfeiting, product liability / warranty and other product security / brand protection issues in a variety of industries.
