Subject: High-Tech Law Enforcement
From: Andrew Hund (axh69@po.cwru.edu)
Date: Wed Oct 11 2000 - 21:11:58 CDT
>From Rad Times #66
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Replace Auto License Plates With Bar Codes
"Replace Auto License Plates With Bar Codes; High-Tech Law
Enforcement"
Roanoke Times & World News (09/24/00) P. 3; Long, Earl G.
Retired General Electric foreman Earl G. Long suggests that
one idea for controlling speeding on the nation's roads is
using technology to track speeding vehicles and prevent
violators from purchasing gas. The license plate would be
replaced by a bar code, which a radar gun and scanner can
track from every lane on the roads. A computer would be
notified when a speed limit is broken, and would issue a
statement to the violator and to gas stations, so that the
vehicle could not buy gas until the fee is paid. Drivers can
pay the fee at a gas station, when the police arrive to settle
the fine. Three violations would mean losing a driver's
license for one year. Long proposes this idea to control
speeding, save lives, and save money on insurance.
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Identifying Suspects in 3D
"Identifying Suspects in 3D"
Law Enforcement Technology (08/00) Vol. 127, No. 8, P. 112;
Paytner, Ronnie L.
The Integrated Law Enforcement Face-Identification System is
the next generation of face-identification technology. It
deploys a three-dimensional system to match surveillance
camera images or still photographs to existing mug shots.
Other similar technology to this point has decreased in
accuracy when the camera angle was over 15 degrees, but ILEFIS
performs with a high degree of accuracy. It is based on a 3D
framework, which constructs the face surfaces by using the
available 2D images collected from crime scenes or mug shots.
The new technology can identify angled-view face images of
non-cooperative subjects, like those obtained from a video
camera at a distance. The system was developed by Dr. Arsev
Eraslan of the National Institute of Justice Office of Law
Enforcement Technology Commercialization. Although it is not
on the market yet, it is ready for commercialization and has
the potential for use in law enforcement, corrections,
security, finance, and banking industries.
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