Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Facial Recognition Developer Donates ID Technology to Oakland PD

Cognitech Announces Donation of Software to the Oakland Police Department (Press Release)
Cognitech, Inc. has announced the recent donation of it's forensic video enhancement Tri-Suite 11 software system to the Oakland Police Department, at the request of the Oakland Law Enforcement, and in the interest of the City of Oakland, CA, community at large with the purpose of forensically enhancing and analyzing video footage from the Occupy Oakland protests in order to find the forensic truth in the recorded incidents/events footage.
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CEO Dr. Lenny Rudin said, in regards to the donation, “It is our sincere hope that in donating our forensic video Tri-Suite software to the Oakland Police Department, we are helping to assist the entire community through the forensic video enhancement and 3D analysis of numerous videos that were recorded during the Occupy Oakland, CA protests. Pictures tell the truth and when enhancing these videos and photos forensically, unlawful acts will be seen and analyzed clearly and scientifically, no matter who committed them.”
San Jose Mercury News article on the events in Oakland
A judge on Tuesday issued stay-away orders barring 12 people from coming within 300 yards of Frank H. Ogawa Plaza as the city continues to deal with the fallout from Saturday's violent Occupy Oakland protest.

The orders -- the first to be handed down -- apply to the 12 protesters who were also the first to be formally charged with crimes in connection with the protest, in which more than 400 people were arrested in a series of daylong clashes with police. City officials said they would seek the stay-away orders on those who have repeatedly been arrested in Occupy protests in an effort to keep the demonstrations under control. Prosecutors said they are still reviewing arrest reports from Saturday and more people could be charged.
From last summer:
London Deploys Facial Recognition Tech Against Rioters