CBP Pilot Test Using Biometrics to Identify US Border Crossers
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monitoring . CNN found that an email address linked to Long showed he was a member of a support group in an organization called Freedom from Covert Harassment and Surveillance , whose mission is to help those “ Marginalized and abused by … Remote Brain experimentation , Remote Neural Monitoring of an entire Humans Body .”
( Update : Baton Rouge Police Officers Montrell Jackson and Matthew Gerald and East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff ’ s Deputy Brad Garafola were fatally shot by a gunman outside a convenience store in Baton Rouge . Three other officers were
injured .)
Police had been on alert
Since the shooting death of Sterling by Baton Rouge police , the department has worried about threats against officers . It has been an emotionally charged few days across the country because of the protests stemming from the Sterling shooting and the shooting by police of Philando Castile in Minnesota , plus the ambush on Dallas police officers in which a sniper killed five officers . “ This is an unspeakable and unjustified attack on all of us at a time when we need unity and healing ,” Edwards said Sunday in the hours after the Baton Rouge shooting . CNN ’ s Shimon Prokupecz , Evan Perez , Diane Ruggiero , Ashley Fantz , Sheena Jones , Don Lemon , Carma Hassan , Pamela Brown , Mary Lynn Ryan , Vivian Kuo and Nick Valencia contributed to this report .
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CBP Pilot Test Using Biometrics to Identify US Border Crossers
By Mohammed Murad , vice president , global development and sales , Iris ID
The US CPB administered the pilot , focusing on the more than 9,000 pedestrians crossing the border there daily , as a response to recommendations of the 9 / 11 Commission and Congressional mandates pushing for a reliable way to identify foreigners who have overstayed their visas
U . S . officials have long wanted a reliable way to know the identities of thousands of foreigners entering and leaving the country daily . A solution for this difficult task may be found in a recent in-field pilot study at a busy Southern California border crossing . The six-month project used biometric technology to match entry and exit records of pedestrians at the Otay Mesa crossing near San Diego . The U . S . Customs and Border Protection ( CPB ) administered the pilot , focusing on the more than 9,000 pedestrians crossing the border there daily .
Close up view of the Iris ID iris-face recognition technology kiosk
The in-field portion of the project ended in May after testing the capabilities of iris and facial recognition systems to rapidly identify people moving through pedestrian lanes . Once the test data is fully evaluated — which can take up to a year — biometrics may be employed at other border crossing stations . The test was a response to recommendations of the 9 / 11 Commission and Congressional mandates pushing for a reliable way to identify foreigners who
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