Thai argues the new data collection will actually protect people from identity theft and will avoid wrongful arrests.LA County may be one of the more complex law enforcement environments in the developed world.
“Sometimes we arrest people, and they don’t use their real name, so by having a better way to identify that person, it will protect the public [from] those that will get their name used by somebody else,” he said.
The technology will be used by all of the approximately 46 law enforcement agencies in Los Angeles County. It will take about 15-18 months to be installed and fully operational.
Monday, December 22, 2014
US: Los Angeles County acquiring multimodal biometric ID system
LA County Sheriff’s Department to Start Collecting Face and Eye Scans (The Epoch Times)
