Colorado Cops Get First ID Eye-Scanners

Arapahoe wins federal grant for biometric ID system

Arapahoe County will become the first law enforcement agency in Colorado to begin identifying criminals, missing children and seniors using biometric analysis of the human iris.

A technician from the software and hardware developer demonstrated how their device analyzes the iris, which has 235 identifying points of reference, versus a fingerprint's 65.

"Fingerprints change but irises stay stable throughout your life," said Patricia Lawton of Biometric Intelligence and Identifying Technologies, "Which is why it's a great biometric to identify somebody with."

Lawton helped develop this new technology application.

She said the iris is 12 times more reliable for identification than a fingerprint...

Sheriff Will Identify People With A Retinal Scan

El Paso County Sheriff's Office will identify people not by fingerprints or DNA, but with a retinal scan.

The National Sheriffs' Association has awarded the El Paso County Sheriff's Office a grant of $10,000 to be among the first 45 law enforcement agencies in the nation to use retinal scanning to identify people.

The grant provides, at no cost to the taxpayers of El Paso County, an iris biometric system that is part of a nationwide network and registry that uses iris recognition biometric technology to confirm a person’s identity...