Use of Iris Scanning Expands
January 6th, 2008
A growing number of sheriff’s departments are usi9ng irtis scanning technology to identify inmates, sex offenders, and many others.
More than 2,100 departments in 27 states are taking digital pictures of eyes and storing the information in databases that can be searched later to identify a missing person or someone who uses a fake name … At least 10 metro areas are doing scans of criminals to identify them should another crime occur or to be sure the right inmate is released. “This is the wave of the future. This will become as common as fingerprinting,” says Sheriff Greg Solano of Santa Fe County, N.M.
Read more at USA Today.