| 2007-2009 Press Releases
2004-2006 Press Releases
2007-2009 Press Releases
2009: DataWorks Plus: FALCON RAPID-ID (SAF-ID) in Full Production
DataWorks Plus has been working with FDLE and several other Florida Law Enforcement Agencies to pilot the FALCON RAPID-ID system. Six state agencies and three county sheriff’s offices have participated in the pilot in an effort to quickly identify individuals in order to increase public and officer safety, fight crime, and reduce agency costs. The FALCON RAPID-ID system (Build 2A) is now in full production. Florida agencies that obtain approval from FDLE to connect to the Rapid ID system can now purchase and use Rapid-ID (RID) fingerprint devices.
The RAPID-ID system uses a mobile fingerprinting device that electronically scans two fingerprint images. The fingerprints are then searched against the FDLE statewide fingerprint database and results are returned in approximately 35 seconds. If there is a match, the officer will be notified and will receive criminal history and warrant information. Rapid-ID can also determine if DNA for an individual has already been received by FDLE. DNA confirmation is a tremendous time saver as duplicate collection of DNA for an individual will be eliminated. The Cogent BlueCheck handheld fingerprinting device serves as a superior tool for using RAPID-ID. Weighing only 3 ounces, these scanners can easily fit in an officer’s pocket or belt. They include Bluetooth communication to wirelessly transfer scanned fingerprints to a PDA, laptop, or cellular phone.
DataWorks Plus was the first vendor to receive certification from FDLE for use in the production system. This includes certification for DataWorks Plus’ software and devices to perform both roadside stop identification and DNA confirmation. Roadside stop fingerprint searches include responses from the FBI Repository for Individuals of Special Concern (RISC).
Twenty-nine Florida agencies have already purchased devices and software from DataWorks Plus for RAPID-ID. The Florida Highway Patrol has purchased 1,685 Cogent BlueCheck fingerprint devices from DataWorks Plus, allowing every trooper in Florida to always have one on hand. Any Florida agency can easily purchase these devices through the State Contract.
2008: County of Los Angeles, CA - Digital Mugshot System
DataWorks Plus, headquartered in Greenville, SC, has been awarded a contract by the County of Los Angeles California for a Digital Mugshot System with software and services. The system includes Digital PhotoManager investigative booking system, NIST Manager Plus fingerprint archive and retrieval system, FACE Plus facial recognition, Tattoo Matching, Cal-Photo consolidation, and composite drawing software.
The Digital PhotoManager and NIST Manager Plus application servers will store the existing 7 million booking images (from 4.3 million records) and 3 million new NIST records with mugshot photos, data, ten-prints, and palm prints. The Storage Area Network (SAN) provided will accommodate this with 30 Terabytes of usable storage. Los Angeles County staff will be able to retrieve mugshot records and create line-ups from any networked PC using the WebWorks web applications. In addition, fingerprint records can also be retrieved and viewed from any networked PC using the web enabled NISTWorks application.
The FACE Plus & Tattoo Matching server is scaled to perform facial recognition searches on 7 million facial templates and return a response in less than 15 seconds. A mugshot or other facial image can be used to search against existing records. Any matches will be returned and displayed in order of the highest facial match score. The server also includes 2 million templates for the registration of tattoos. Agency staff will be able to use the tattoo matching to locate any matching tattoo images already in the system. This will be especially helpful to locate a specific suspect with a unique tattoo or to locate gang members who have the same tattoo.
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2008: Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) & Collier County - RAPID-ID
DataWorks Plus has been working with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) to pilot the new FALCON RAPID-ID system using DataWorks Plus' SAF-ID. The pilot began with the Florida Highway Patrol and was then extended to include five state agencies and three county sheriff’s offices. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office received four wireless Cogent BlueCheck fingerprint scanners as a part of the FDLE pilot. The hand held scanners weigh only 3 ounces and can easily fit in an officer’s pocket or belt. It includes Bluetooth communication to wirelessly transfer scanned fingerprints to a PDA, laptop, or cellular phone. This enables officers in the field to quickly identify individuals who have warrants or any previous criminal histories.
During a press conference, Collier County Sheriff, Don Hunter, explained the obstacles that officers regularly face when attempting to identify an individual. Sheriff Hunter stated, “On a daily basis, a law enforcement officer can come into contact with people during ... traffic stops. You don’t know who the person is who’s driving because you’ve had no contact with the individual.” Without RAPID-ID, an officer can only run a vehicle’s tag number or look at the license the driver is carrying to try to identify an individual. However, the vehicle could be stolen or borrowed and the license may be fraudulent, or the individual may not have a license at all. With RAPID-ID, the officer has an objective, fast, and reliable method of determining the driver’s identity, even when the individual will not provide any other proof of identity. By scanning two fingerprints on the BlueCheck scanner, the data will be compared against a state database with over 4 million records. Within one minute, DataWorks Plus’ RAPID-ID software will display any warrants or criminal history for an individual.
Roadside stops serve as just one example of the many applications for DataWorks Plus’ RAPID-ID system. The system can also be used with inmate booking/transport/release, in the court room, the medical examiner’s office, crime scene investigation, evacuation centers to identify sex offenders or individuals with outstanding warrants as well as DNA confirmation. Since there are such a wide variety of applications for RAPID-ID, each agency can utilize it in a way to meet their unique needs. DataWorks Plus developed RAPID-ID to work with any mobile fingerprint scanner so that agencies can have the flexibility to choose the hardware that works best for them from a wide array of single-finger and two-finger scanners.
According to Lieutenant Barnett, using four fingerprint scanners during the last two months resulted in 364 positive identifications. 69 people had outstanding warrants, which led to 48 arrests. The RAPID-ID system was so successful with just 4 fingerprint scanners that Collier County has already ordered 150 additional units.
In addition to saving valuable time and resources for routine law enforcement work, RAPID-ID has allowed officers to perform tasks that were otherwise impossible. For example Lieutenant Barnett stated, during a routine stop in Immokalee, an individual with no ID was asked to give his name and scan his fingerprints. The system revealed him to be a non-registered sex offender under a different name than he had given the officer. Also, during two separate investigations in Immokalee, two deceased individuals with no ID had their fingers scanned and the system revealed them to have criminal records. This saved the agency hours to days of investigation time and gave the investigators a more objective ID than what was possible with traditional identification methods.
Another incident in Naples involved a DUI arrest subject who provided the officer a Mexican military ID. However, when the arrestee’s fingerprint was scanned, the RAPID-ID system quickly found his criminal history for the possession of cocaine and also had an ICE (Immigration & Customs Enforcement) hold under a different name than was on the identification provided to the officer. Without RAPID-ID, his true identity and criminal history may never have been discovered.
RAPID-ID’s use as a powerful identification tool is quickly becoming the new standard in law enforcement technology. Once the pilot system for RAPID-ID reaches completion, false identifications may soon become a thing of the past.
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2007: San Jose Police Department - Digital CrimeScene Kiosk Module
San Jose Police Department has recently added a new Kiosk Module to their
Digital CrimeScene system. The Kiosk Module allows Digital CrimeScene users to
import images and audio from their own desktops. When users open a CD or DVD
or attach flash media or audio recorders, they are able to select Digital CrimeScene
from a list of options. After selecting Digital CrimeScene, they can enter data and
select the images or audio files to upload. These files are then sent to a network
share. A second process runs on the server and continuously monitors the share
and pulls the images and audio files into the database. The records are then
immediately available to authorized users using the Digital CrimeScene system.
The Kiosk Module allows for speedy deployment and provides for a quick and easy
way for users to upload images and audio without having to be at a specific Digital
CrimeScene workstation.
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2007: New Zealand Police Department - countrywide mugshot system with facial recognition
DataWorks Plus has been awarded a National Contract with the New Zealand Police Department to deliver a countrywide Mugshot system with Facial Recognition for Law Enforcement Records Management and Identification purposes. DataWorks Plus will deliver a turnkey system that includes a database management system that will manage millions of prisoner records including photographs of the face, scars, marks, and tattoos. The system will also be used to manage photos and data for Firearms Permits, Missing Persons, Suspects, and a National Criminal Watchlist of known Terrorists other persons of interest. DataWorks Plus will deliver a Facial Recognition system that will allow Investigators to load a photo of an unknown suspect and search the database using a biometric facial matching process. DataWorks Plus will also be delivering over 75 Mugshot Capture systems to each of the provinces in the country for Prisoner Photo Capture. The system will be available to all NZ Law Enforcement personnel to create criminal lineups, witness mugbooks, and for investigative purposes.
DataWorks Plus responded to the international New Zealand Request for Proposal that was open for bid by any company in the world. Many international companies responded and after months of site visits and presentations by the competing companies, DataWorks Plus was awarded the contract.
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2004-2006 Press Releases
2006 - Orange County Sheriff's Office, FL - Putting the Trends Into
Action
Orange County Sheriff’s Office in Orlando, Florida is in the process of
implementing DataWorks Plus’ NIST Manager Plus, SAF-ID,
and Digital PhotoManager systems. NIST Manager Plus is used as
a fingerprint archive and retrieval system. Coupled with SAF-ID
it is able to perform positive identification at intake and release.
In order to most effectively assist Orange County with their
needs, DataWorks Plus created an interface to accept ten-print
cards from a third party vendor’s live scan, store them
in the NIST Manager Plus Archive, and then perform positive ID
checks using SAF-ID. They are able to build two finger applications
for positive ID using a 1:N identification at intake and a 1:1
verification at release from the jail.
This system is designed to support thousands of fingerprint scanners
installed throughout Orange County. DataWorks Plus’ system
will support multiple fingerprint matching applications such as
field ID, jail entry/exit and positive ID in the court room. For
Orange County, our products have been able to add value to other
vendor’s applications in addition to DataWorks Plus applications.
Additionally, 2000+ mobile users will be equipped with scanners
to allow the Orange County Sheriff's Office to scan individuals
prior to transport to confirm identity as well as perform warrant
confirmation on-site with a photograph and a fingerprint.
Kevin Barry from Information Management Systems of Orange County
Sheriff’s Office had this to say about implementing the
DataWorks Plus product suite:
“We are thrilled that DataWorks Plus was able to provide
an integrated solution for our photo imaging, electronic fingerprint
storage and fingerprint searching needs. Their flexible system
and open approach allowed us to interface with our existing live
scan and photo imaging systems that are currently installed in
the jail to offer county wide access to every law enforcement
agency in Orange County.”
In addition to NIST Manager Plus and SAF-ID, Orange County also
uses Digital PhotoManager as an investigative mug shot system.
Mug shot images are provided from an interface with another vendor’s
photo capture system and stored on Digital PhotoManager. Orange
County uses Digital PhotoManager to retrieve mug shots and create
investigative lineups.
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June 2006 – Michigan Photo Database Receives Grant,
Accolades
Michigan – The Michigan State Police use Digital PhotoManager with
WebWorks to provide a Statewide Network of Agency Photos, also
known as SNAP. SNAP utilizes live scan technology to transmit
images, fingerprints, date of arrest, and other data electronically
at the time of arrest to the Michigan State Police (MSP) Criminal
Justice Information Center. From there, the data is available
on a secure web portal to law enforcement agencies across the
state through the Michigan Criminal Justice Information Network
(MICJIN).
This technology automates state-wide capture, storage, and search
of the booking photos with affiliated data and integrates the
information to automated fingerprint IDs and data. This gives
local law enforcement immediate access to the state repository
of mug shot photos with data from any browser based client workstation
on the state network twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
In order to achieve the end goal, DataWorks Plus was responsible
for the conversion of databases, interfacing to the Michigan State
live scan booking process by connecting to the State of Michigan’s
Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) using EFTS
NIST record. DataWorks Plus has also interfaced with Michigan’s
Oracle based Criminal History Record (CHR) System.
The delivered system consisted of a Central Image Repository
(CIR) for up to 2,000,000 image records, a backup repository,
client workstation software, client web browser access, and facial
recognition search capabilities.
Digital PhotoManager allows Michigan law enforcement agencies
to access images, conduct digital line-ups, create missing and
wanted posters, and to perform facial recognition searches. The
facial recognition capability lets an investigator search the
database for similar facial characteristics to locate possible
matches.
A press release issued by the Michigan State Police in April of
2006 stated, “SNAP was introduced almost three years ago.
At that time, it contained approximately 150,000 images and now
the State database exceeds one million images. Today there are 49
law enforcement agencies retrieving images from SNAP.”
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March 2006 – Yolo County Sheriff's Department Awards
DataWorks Plus Contract for Photo Imaging and Livescan System
Woodland, CA – The Yolo County Sheriff's Department (YCSD)
has awarded a contract to DataWorks Plus for a combined Mugshot
Photo Imaging and LiveScan
Plus Ten Print/Palm Print System. The system's architecture
includes both photo capture and fingerprint capture technology for
regional law enforcement booking purposes. The system will be used
by the Yolo County Sheriff's Department, Winters Police Department,
West Sacramento Police Department, Woodland Police Department, Davis
Police Department, and the County Juvenile facility. The system
will capture Front/Side Facial Views, Scars, Marks, Tattoos and
Ten Prints/Palm Prints of Arrestees to be used with the county repository.
The finger print capture device is the Identix 3800 system utilizing
whole palm capture, sending the NIST fingerprint files to the Sacramento
County Sheriff's Department before they are sent to the California
Department of Justice. The system will enhance the Departments’
abilities to share data and photos with other agencies in the region,
as well as significantly improve their workflow in the counties
booking environment. The jails and Police Departments will also
benefit from a smaller footprint with the mugshot system and livescan
system occupying the same space. The YCSD expects the integrated
system and all its components to function as an essential, effective,
and integral part of each agency’s booking system.
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September 2005 – San Diego County Sheriff's Department Awards Contract for Digital Mugshot Management System
San Diego, CA – DataWorks Plus will supply San Diego County
Sheriff's Department a Digital Mugshot Management and Lineup System
(Digital
PhotoManager). The system will capture and retrieve images locally
as well as collect images and data for the Sheriff's Jail Information
Management System (JIMS), Juvenile and Adult Probation, Cal-Photo,
Cal-ID, Courts - Book and Release, Licensing, Cite and Release,
and Registrants. Digital PhotoManager™ will capture Front/Side
Facial Views, Scars, Marks, and Tattoos of Arrestees. The installation
of the Digital PhotoManager mugshot management and lineup system
will begin early in 2006.
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September 2005 – Austin, TX Awards Contract for Digital Management System
Austin, TX – The City of Austin, Texas awarded
DataWorks Plus a contract for a digital management system for
the Police Department Forensics Lab. Digital CrimeScene
will be installed on 10 input stations agency wide, including
at multiple substations. The City of Austin will use the system
for secure management all of their crime scene records and images.
Once installed,
the City of Austin will have Digital CrimeScene integrated
with their Noritsu Printers. This integration will allow users
to print images and image groups directly to the Noritsu Printers
on the network.
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April 1, 2005 – Miami-Dade Police Department Awards DataWorks Plus Contract for Photo Imaging and Facial Recognition System
Miami, FL – Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD) has awarded
a contract to DataWorks Plus for a combined Juvenile/Adult Mugshot
Photo Imaging (Digital
PhotoManager) and Facial Recognition (Face
Plus) system that will be operational 7 days a week, 24 hours
a day, 365 days a year. The system's architecture includes both
client/server for photo capture and web enabled technology for regional
law enforcement retrieval purposes. The system will be used by the
Miami-Dade Police Department, Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitations
Department (MDCRD), the Miami-Dade Juvenile Assessment Center (JAC),
and other local agencies for investigative and identification purposes.
The system will capture Front/Side Facial Views, Scars, Marks, and
Tattoos of Arrestees to be used with automated facial recognition
and physical/demographic data to identify individuals and create
photographic lineups. The system will enhance the Departments’
abilities to share data and photos with other agencies in the region,
state, and nation. The MDPD, the JAC, and MDCRD expect the Photo
Imaging System and all its components to function as an essential,
effective, and integral part of each agencies’ existing information
systems’ hardware and software architecture, which will also
include electronic fingerprint identification, criminal justice
information, and other essential criminal justice system integration.
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April 1, 2005 – Shelby County Awards DataWorks Plus Contract for Inmate Booking Photo Armband System
Shelby, TN – Shelby County Government’s Sheriff’s
Department (the “County”) has awarded Dataworks Plus
a contract to implement an Inmate Booking Photo and Armband System
(BandWorks). The system capture Arrestee Mugshot Front/Side
Facial Photos as well as Scars Marks and Tattoo photos. The system
will provide investigators and other Law Enforcement personnel within
Shelby County Sheriff Department, Memphis Police Department, and
other local agencies the ability to search and display photos using
physical and demographic descriptors to find specific photos. The
system will be as an investigative tool to identify suspects and
create photo lineups, wanted photos, Amber Alert photos, and media
release photos.
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February 4, 2005
– DataWorks Plus Expands in Local Market: Greer PD Awards DataWorks Plus Contract for Digital PhotoManager &LiveScan Plus
Greer, SC – Greer Police Department has issued DataWorks
Plus a contract to install Digital
PhotoManager and LiveScan Plus. LiveScan Plus is a fully integrated
booking module that will capture fingerprints, mugshots and data
from one integrated booking station. Greer PD has chosen to add
on-line storage of ten-print records as well as the use of the on-screen
print comparison feature.
reer is one of the first to use the recently enhanced LiveScan Plus
system. The new system has an innovative design that significantly
simplifies and shortens criminal bookings and background check
procedures with the ability to digitally capture both slap and
roll fingerprints. LiveScan Plus has superior image quality
enhancement features specifically designed to minimize FBI fingerprint
submission rejections resulting from difficult to fingerprint
individuals, improperly captured images and works regardless
of stains on fingers from ink, dyes, grease or dirt. Single
finger and rolled impression Images produced by LiveScan Plus
are consistently high quality 500 DPI images.
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9/29/2004 – DataWorks Plus' Digital PhotoManager Software Shown on NBC's Law & Order
Digital PhotoManager was seen used on NBC's Law & Order's Episode
E5304, "The Brotherhood. DataWorks Plus
received several calls the following days from customers who
recognized Digital PhotoManager being used. The characters Joe
Fontana (Dennis Farina) and Detective Ed Green (Jesse L. Martin)
were looking for known accomplices of a suspect. They used Digital
PhotoManager to locate the information and images of one of
the accomplices. Click here
for more information on Law & Order's Brotherhood episode.
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4/28/2004 – DataWorks Plus Provides NYPD With a Statewide Domestic Violence System
New York, NY – The purpose of this system is to download Domestic
Violence Photos from a Kodak Digital camera at desk workstations
of all commands that have a domestic violence unit (each precinct
and police service area, approximately 86 sites). These photos,
along with case information, will be transmitted from the desk workstation
to a main Photo Imaging Server at NYPD-MISD. These images and data
records will be available to investigators and other users through
a Photo Imaging WebRetrieve application via the NYPD network. Additionally,
the Domestic Violence Photos and Data will be available, in arrest
cases, for transmittal to the Mayor’s Office-DoITT for dissemination
to the appropriate District Attorney’s Office.
The Domestic Violence Digital application will be added to the Precinct/Police
Service Area desk workstation. This application will allow the operator
to create a Domestic Violence record. The operator can key data,
establish a link to Omni-Form and DIR Database, or acquire data
from other sources to be determined. The operator will view photos
on the Kodak Digital Camera through a USB port and the Kodak Easy
Dock station. The operator will have the ability to select all or
any number of photos from the camera to be added to the record.
Additionally, other TWAIN compliant input devices like Photo Scanners
can be attached to the Precinct workstations to input photos or
other digital evidence in the future. The application will save
the records to the local hard drive and continually try to forward
the record to the server. This methodology will insure that a user
can add records and photos regardless of whether the network or
server is available. Once the record is transferred to the server
successfully, the record will be removed from the local hard drive
and the disk space will be recovered.
A Photo Imaging WebRetrieve Application/Website is currently in
place on the NYPD WAN. Hundreds of Users are currently trained and
using this application. We propose that the same application interface
be used for Domestic Violence. The user would be given the choice
to select from a number of databases within a single website including
Arrestee, Missing Persons, Gun Permits, and Domestic Violence to
search and display records with photos. This option will also eliminate
the need for additional user management and activity tracking setup.
Each database has its own database design, customized screens, and
report formats. Access will be limited to authorized users with
valid passwords and different user groups will be developed with
various functions (for example, adding new cases, viewing cases,
updating cases, etc.).
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