ImageWare Systems and Foray Technologies Partner to Provide Extended Law Enforcement and Forensic Solution
SAN DIEGO, CA, November 7, 2006 -
ImageWare® Systems, Inc. (AMEX: IW), a leading developer and provider of identity management solutions, today announced a joint marketing and strategic reseller agreement with Foray Technologies, a provider of complete case management and image authentication solutions.
Under the terms of the agreement, the companies will jointly market and sell a comprehensive law enforcement and forensic solution that combines digital booking and investigative capabilities with crime scene and asset management. ImageWare’s IWS™ Law Enforcement solution is a comprehensive digital booking, identification and investigative solution, enabling officers to capture, store and search booking data and images including mug shots, fingerprints, and scars, marks and tattoos (SMTs). Foray’s Authenticated Digital Asset Management System (A.D.A.M.S.) offers the forensic and investigative communities the ability to store, maintain, search and analyze digital evidence gathered at crime scenes.
“ImageWare is pleased to announce this logical extension to our current line of law enforcement solutions. The addition brings tremendous value to our law enforcement customers that are looking to further streamline their investigative and policing procedures,” said Jim Miller, ImageWare’s chairman and CEO. “Not only will our users experience greater feature and functionality, but also have the ability to enhance data sharing capabilities to a broader community. Leveraging data from a crime scene further enhances the investigative process and provides another avenue for solving crime.”
"By combining ImageWare's and Foray Technologies' extensive experience in law enforcement systems, we will provide our customers with broadened features and an integrated platform,” said Tom Hennings, president of Foray Technologies. “Users will be able to manage the process of booking and digital evidence acquisition and analysis, while improving workflow and maintaining a rock-solid chain of custody of digital evidence.”
Through this alliance, both parties have agreed to the promotion, distribution and technical support of both software and associated supplies.
About IWS Law Enforcement
ImageWare’s IWS Law Enforcement is a complete digital booking, identification and investigative solution, enabling officers to capture, store and search booking data and images including mug shots, fingerprints, and scars, marks and tattoos (SMTs). IWS Law Enforcement solution also employs facial recognition technology to take an image or digital composite and search mug shot databases for potential matches based on similarities in facial characteristics and also integrates seamlessly with existing FBI, DMV, RMS, JMS, AFIS or other systems to capture live, scanned or imported images, as well as arrest and demographic data.
About A.D.A.M.S.
Foray Technologies' Authenticated Digital Asset Management System (ADAMS) is a software platform to store, maintain, search and analyze digital evidence gathered at crime scenes. The authenticity of each original asset is maintained while the system provides complete control over the chain of custody of each and every digital asset. Whether those digital assets are images, audio or video files, mobile phone memory contents or computer hard drives, each piece of digital evidence is managed with the same care as physical evidence.
About ImageWare Systems, Inc.
ImageWare Systems, Inc. (AMEX:IW), is a leading developer and provider of identity management solutions, providing biometric, secure credential, law enforcement and digital imaging technologies. Scalable for worldwide deployment, the Company's biometric product line includes a multi-biometric engine that is hardware and algorithm independent, enabling the enrollment and management of unlimited population sizes. ImageWare's identification products are used to manage and issue secure credentials including national IDs, passports, driver licenses, smart cards and access control credentials. ImageWare's digital booking products provide law enforcement with integrated mug shot, fingerprint Livescan and investigative capabilities. The Company also provides comprehensive digital workflow solutions for the professional photography industry. ImageWare is headquartered in San Diego, with offices in Washington DC and Canada. For more information visit www.iwsinc.com.
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