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Mobile Biometrics Fact Sheet and Video

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In 2008, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) brought together federal, state, local, and tribal agents and first responders along with the Department of Defense, Department of Justice, and the intelligence community, to determine critical upgrades needed in mobile biometric devices and additional uses of mobile biometric devices in the field.

(As of 1/2016)

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Mobile Biometrics Fact Sheet PDF 206.3 KB
Last Updated: 12/01/2023
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