The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to spend up to $24.4 million for state-of-the-art biometric technology to track arrests.
The sheriff’s department’s 12-year-old fingerprinting system will be replaced by one that gathers finger and palm prints and facial and iris scans into a single identification tool.
The system provides information to law enforcement agencies countywide and links with state and federal databases.
It is expected to take 18 months to phase in the new technology.
The contract with NEC Corporation of America runs for six years with an option to renew for another four years. The maximum contract total for software and fees over that 10-year term is $24.4 million.
— City News Service