WALL, N.J., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BIO-key International, Inc.
(OTC Bulletin Board: BKYI), a leader in finger-based biometric identification
and wireless public safety, today announced a contract award from the Collin
College Police Department to deploy MobileCop(R), BIO-key's wireless query and
messaging solution for law enforcement. Collin College is located in Collin
County, one of the fastest growing jurisdictions in the Dallas, Texas
metropolitan area.
As is the case with most campus police departments in the United States,
officers in the Collin College Police Department are licensed peace officers.
They have county-wide jurisdiction and work under the same authority as local
law enforcement personnel. "Campus law enforcement faces the same challenges
that any police department does," according to Collin College Police
Department Captain Michael Gromatzky. "With more than 44,000 students spread
across five open campuses with day, night and weekend classes, we're like a
small city."
With the deployment of BIO-keys' MobileCop solution, Collin College law
enforcement officers will now be able to obtain critical information - while
at a traffic stop or other incident - on a person or vehicle directly from the
Texas Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (TLETS) using laptops in their
patrol cars. "The biggest benefit of MobileCop is that officers now have at
their fingertips the information they need to make the right decision, without
having to call a dispatcher over the radio to run a plate or check an ID,"
Captain Gromatzky pointed out. "Previously, if the radio was tied up, the
officer was tied up too."
The ability for dispatchers and officers to use MobileCop to communicate
with each other also serves the unique demands of campus law enforcement. "We
value student privacy very highly," added Captain Gromatzky. "Confidential
data on a student broadcast over the radio can be overheard or even picked up
by a scanner. Using MobileCop's silent, secure messaging feature, a dispatcher
can send critical information on a student involved in an incident, for
example, to the responding officer without that risk."
MobileCop is used by campus police on some of the largest campuses in the
country, including the University of Kentucky, the University of Maryland,
Indiana University and Boston University. "We're pleased to have Collin
College join the many colleges and universities that rely on our mobile data
solutions to help protect their students, faculty and staff," said Ken Souza,
Senior Vice President and General Manager of BIO-key's Law Enforcement
Division. "And we're continuing to expand our campus safety product offerings
with the recent introduction of our MobileCampus(TM) secure messaging
solution. Now administrators and faculty can communicate directly with campus
police and with each other using BlackBerry smartphones, so everyone can share
information quickly and respond effectively to any on-campus incident."
About BIO-key
BIO-key International, Inc., headquartered in Wall, New Jersey, develops
and delivers advanced identification solutions and information services to law
enforcement departments, public safety agencies, government and private sector
customers. BIO-key's mobile wireless technology provides first responders with
critical, reliable, real-time data and images from local, state and national
databases. BIO-key's high performance, scalable, cost-effective and easy-to-
deploy biometric finger identification technology accurately identifies and
authenticates users of wireless and enterprise data to improve security,
convenience and privacy and to reduce identity theft. Over 750 police
departments in North America use BIO-key solutions, making BIO-key the leading
supplier of mobile and wireless solutions for law enforcement.
(http://www.bio-key.com)
(C) Copyright 2009 by BIO-key International, Inc.
Company contact: BIO-key International, Inc.
Bud Yanak
732-359-1100
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