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http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2179184/ ... cing-boostMetropolitan Police given 350 mobile fingerprint scanners in Olympics policing boostby Dan Worth 23 May 2012 The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has announced it is to begin using 350 mobile fingerprint scanners across numerous boroughs of the capital in time for the Olympics that can help identify citizens in under two minutes.
The MobileID devices will be rolled out across locations including Lambeth, Southwark, Westminster, Lewisham, Brent, Croydon, Islington, Camden and Haringey and the Olympic boroughs of Hackney, Newham and Tower Hamlets.
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The use of the devices was first confirmed by the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) last July, with 25 forces across the country receiving the device as part of a three-year contract worth £5.7m, with the devices supplied by technology specialist Cogent (pictured left).
At the time the NPIA said each device would cost £1,900, which includes the airtime costs, service and warranty. The NPIA confirmed to V3 on Wednesday that there are now around 1,000 of the devices in use across the UK.
The system works by scanning the fingerprint of a suspect and then using a Bluetooth connection to send this encrypted data to an officer's BlackBerry device which then cross-references it with the IDENT1 national fingerprint database.
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