NYPD Implements New Eye Scan Technology
The Truth Squad - The NYPD has begun to implement iris scanners to create a bio-metric
database of criminal suspects as they are processed through central booking. NYPD says
this new identification program is a fail-safe measure to prevent escapes as suspects move
through the court system and that this technology is in response to two suspects escaping
police custody by impersonating lesser offenders.
Jeff Carter, CDO of Global Rainmakers Inc. a leader in the biometrics field says, In
the future, whether its entering your home, opening your car, entering your
workspace, getting a pharmacy prescription refilled, or having your medical records pulled
up, everything will come off that unique key that is your iris. Every person, place, and
thing on this planet will be connected [to the iris system] within the next 10
years.
Global Rainmakers Inc. has partnered with the city of Leon, Mexico to build the most
secure city in the world. by installing iris scanners. The eye scanners will be
implemented in law enforcement facilities, security check-points, police stations,
detention areas, jails and prisons, and will eventually make their way into mass transit,
medical centers, banks and other public and private locations will also join the program.
Fast Company reports that the city is creating a database of irises. Criminals will
automatically be enrolled, their irises scanned once convicted. Law-abiding citizens will
have the option to opt-in. When these residents catch a train or bus, or take out money
from an ATM, they will scan their irises, rather than swiping a metro or bank card. Police
officers will monitor these scans and track the movements of watch-listed individuals.
Back in the U.S. at a Border Patrol station in McAllen, Texas the Department of Homeland
Security beta tested iris scanners and in one Missouri county, the sheriffs office
is using an Iris scanner purchased with U.S. Department of Justice funds. Unknown by most,
the technology is reportedly already being used by law enforcement in 40 states throughout
the country.
There is even an app for that. B12 Technologies has equipped police with iPhones armed
with facial recognition software linked to fusion center databases.
Amusement parks like Disney World and Sesame place have implemented biometric ticketing as
well. How long before under the auspice of anti-terror legislation the federal government
requires these corporations to turn over their customers biometric data? Even the
controversial naked body scanners store biometric data as has been revealed by
Freedom of Information (FOIA) Act Requests, contrary to what the TSA has been telling the
main stream media.
The iris scanners have also been used in airports. The TSA will allow you to skip to the
head of the line if you submit to being included in a biometric database. It all comes in
the name of convenience. Trade your privacy to save a few minutes on line at the airport
amusement park.
The NYPD program is being paid for by a grant from the Department of Homeland Security.
The NYPD already shares its database information with DHS through its NYPD Intelligence
Division, which is actually a known fusion center. These fusion centers act as
hubs of information, merging databases from the NYPD, DHS, Motor Vehicle and many other
sources to create a searchable catalog of the entire population. There are over 70 fusion
centers in the United States according to Catherine Bleish founder of Operation Defuse
whose goal is to create a rapport between civil liberty groups and the fusion centers that
will defuse the conflict of security and rights violations.
A speaker at the 2010 National DHS fusion center conference indicated integration of
iris scanning with red-light cameras, speed cameras and other automated revenue generating
devices was in the near future. The FBI Next Generation Identification database expands
their old fingerprint only database to palm, iris, facial, and scar/tattoo biometric data.
We have begun to rapidly decline down a slippery slope. The war on terror has become a war
on our freedom. Said Bleish of the new security technologies.
Thats not our intention here, but it has potential, Police Commissioner
Ray Kelly said in reference to using the iris scanners for counter terrorism purposes.
The NYPD can now photograph the irises of suspects arrested for any reason and they
implemented this without any legislative oversight or public discourse. There are also no
reports on how authorities plan to protect this collected biometric data from
misuse. said David Perecman a civil liberties attorney in New York. That is probably
because the NYPD Intelligence division has no plans to protect this information from being
disseminated through the NY fusion centers allowing access to any law enforcement agency
in the network.
This type of data collecting is not authorized by any New York statute. Collecting
fingerprints is specifically allowed. DNA evidence has had more legislative debate and its
usage is only limited to certain types of cases. said Perecman.
This information dovetails with another recent controversy over stop and frisk
databases. Ray Kelly and Mayor Bloomberg pushed to keep the recently banned NYPD policy to
keep a database of New Yorkers who were stopped and frisked but not found guilty of any
violation. You read that correctly. Mayor Bloomberg wanted to keep a list of innocent
people who the NYPD stopped and frisked with no probable cause in a direct violation of
their Constitutional rights. Incidentally only 6 percent of those random stop and frisks
lead to an arrest, the conviction rates were not readily available. That means that more
than 94% of people in that database are innocent.
The 250 List as it is referred to because of the UF-250 form that officers use
to file stop-and-frisk reports has over 3 million names on it. Eighty seven percent of
those stopped were black or Latino. Governor Paterson signed into law a ban on this
policy, although that only stops the NYPD from keeping their names in an electronic
database. The NYPD is still keeping a paper record of these stops even if no evidence of a
crime has been found and no arrest made. The NYPD continues to violate the constitutional
rights of New Yorkers randomly stopping people for reasons as innocuous as spitting on the
ground or dropping a cigarette butt. It should also be noted that the Mayor Bloomberg has
been lobbying for British style video surveillance in NYC. Britain has one CCTV camera for
every 14 citizens.
So where do we see all of this going? If Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Ray Kelley get
there way Police officers will be stopping, frisking and taking retinal scans of millions
of innocent New Yorkers then data sharing with the Federal government, Homeland Security
and other law enforcement agencies in violation of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of
Rights. (12.19.2010) http://herringpost.blogspot.com/2010/12/nypd-implements-new-eye-scan-technology.html
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