The group awarded a $1 million contract to Viisage Technology to implement its FaceEXPLORER face recognition solution to help the police departments during the investigative and booking processes. The contract was awarded by the New Bedford Massachusetts Police Department, representing the group that included police departments in Auburn, Brockton, Fall River, Fitchburg and Littleton.
The solution will network image databases between the participating cities, allowing law enforcement to share information in real time. The project will include the design, development and implementation of a networked, state-of-the-art, scalable face recognition image capture system to meet the operational needs of the multiple law enforcement agencies. The system will be patterned after similar systems from Viisage already in use independently by the Auburn, Police Department and the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office in Florida.