All U.S. jurisdictions need to comply with the guidelines established by the Fair Credit Reporting Act or FCRA. In addition to federal guidelines on background checks, an employer has to be cognizant of state laws as to when they can run a...
By a Biometrica Staffer On April 8, speaking from the Rose Garden less than 24 hours after another mass shooting, President Joe Biden announced an initial set of measures to take on what he called “an epidemic” of gun violence. He stated that...
By Kevin King We’ve come a long way from when we had to sign paper receipts when paying by credit card, and then have a store manager or cashier look over at that receipt and the signature at the back of the...
By Mark Pooley June 1, 2018 was a day I’ll never forget. That was the day I received my cancer diagnosis for something called multiple myeloma, an uncommon kind of blood cancer in which a group of cancerous plasma cells eat away...
By a Biometrica Staffer Every now and then, on Tuesdays, we’ll delve into the rather arcane world of casino regulations and compliance, look at some of the more frequently asked questions that apparently come up with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN),...
By a Biometrica Staffer The middle of a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic is probably not the time to have to worry about another potential virus outbreak, but that’s exactly what the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) agriculture specialists had to deal with in...
A 2018 ACEP survey of 3,500 respondents, all ER physicians, found that one-third had been punched and spit upon. In 97% of these cases, a patient committed the physical assault, while 28% reported that a patient’s family member or friend was also...
By a Biometrica Staffer This past weekend was sandwiched between two pieces of contrasting gaming industry news from different sides of the Atlantic. Late on Friday came a bit of hope from the Nevada Gaming Control Board. The all-powerful regulatory authority issued...
By a Biometrica Staffer According to the American Gaming Association’s (AGA) Commercial Gaming Revenue Tracker, 2020, the year that life came to a virtual standstill on account of the coronavirus pandemic, marked the first market contraction for the U.S. gaming industry since 2014...
By Anand Vasu Last week, San Jose-based videoconferencing platform Zoom made a big announcement, which it labeled, “On Academic Freedom for our Higher Education Users.” The crux of the statement was that in the case of Zoom meetings and webinars hosted by...
By a Biometrica Staffer On the 14th anniversary of the Virginia Tech massacre, in which 32 people were killed and 17 others wounded, the United States woke up to the news of yet another mass shooting on Friday, April 16, this time...
By a Biometrica Staffer According to an October 2019 report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), there were 1,954 background screening companies operating in the United States in that year, with a total revenue of about $3.2 billion. According to the...
By Anand Vasu A substantial surge in March, a month which had several mass shootings as the United States began returning to business as usual, resulted in the FBI conducting more background checks for individuals wanting to buy firearms in the first...
By Kadambari M. Wade On April 1, 15 days after she assumed office as the 54th United States Secretary of the Interior, Secretary Deb Haaland announced the formation of a new Missing & Murdered Unit (MMU) within the Bureau of Indian Affairs...
By a Biometrica Staffer The evening of Wednesday, March 31, became another horrific American statistic, as four people, including a child, were gunned down in an office complex in Orange, California, about 30 miles southeast of Los Angeles. Lt. Jennifer Amat, a...
Cashless Systems, Cryptocurrency Patents For Gaming Transactions And The Rise Of Legal Sports Betting and iGaming Revenue Even In An Otherwise Traumatic Year. The U.S. Gaming Industry Is Bound For Change And It’s All Quite Exciting. By Michael P. Johnson Everyone knows...
By Kadambari Wade On Feb. 1, 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) published the first of two issues of their Department of Justice Journal of Federal Law and Practice focused on missing or murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives. This was part of...
By Gaétane Borders, Ed.S. If you're a missing African American child, you're very likely to get less media coverage, and be an oft forgotten statistic, than a missing white girl. Girl at play photo: © Akesin - Dreamstime.com African American children make...
eMotive, Biometrica’s multi-jurisdictional 24x7 continuous criminal background checking software, is one of 4 key components of the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children’s new GMCNgine™ , a secure global platform to help locate missing children, including those vulnerable to exploitation, sexual...
Phoenix area’s focus on growth and technology, the presence of innovation-focused universities, and a collaborative tech community and culture made it the logical choice. PHOENIZ, AZ, DEC. 31: On Monday, Biometrica Systems, Inc., a Phoenix and Las Vegas-based technology company that tracks crime...
With employer,employee, customer and public safety as the focus in both the physical and digital worlds, eMotive gives organizations the ability to run continuous, 24x7 criminal background checks, instead of a single annual background check, to mitigate both insider threats and external...
This expansion coincides with the growth of the technology company’s security and public safety operations and the emphasis on its new data-centric products. PHOENIX, AZ, DEC 7: On Friday, Biometrica Systems, Inc., a Phoenix and Las Vegas-based technology company that tracks crime...
Above: National Center for Missing & Exploited Children forensic artists, Colin McNally and Joe Mullins, at work in Alexandria, Virginia. Mullins is holding 3D prints of skulls. Photo credit: NCMEC Senior Multimedia Editor Sarah Baker, courtesy NCMEC By Kadambari M. Wade Nestled...
This artwork, in the image of 8-year-old Ryan VanLuchene doing what he loved best, being outdoors, was created especially for us by Germany-based Indian photographer and artist, Priyanka Oberoi. Her work can be found here. By Derek VanLuchene, with Nadia Eley On...
With the city of San Francisco waterfront in foreground, a container ship sails on San Francisco Bay with the city of Oakland and Port of Oakland in the background. Mt. Diablo looms over the scene. The Bay Area Search And Rescue Council...
Running from mid-September to Oct. 1, the one-year anniversary of the Las Vegas shooting, each piece focuses on an aspect of law enforcement and other public safety response to missing persons and mass casualty incidents: Urban Search and Rescue; Forensic Imaging in Missing Children...
Above: A young child, evidently alone, and at risk, asks for a lift by the side of a road as the sun begins to set. © Alien185 | Dreamstime.com Note: This is the second in a series of “Conversations across Communities,” which will touch...
The partnership will see Biometrica’s UMbRA database and its advanced facial recognition technology integrated with VSBLTY VECTOR™ as an enhancement to security and surveillance in stadiums and entertainment venues. LAS VEGAS, NV, May 22, 2018: On Tuesday, Biometrica Systems, Inc., a Las...
Photo © Enterlinedesign | Dreamstime.com By Kadambari M. Wade More law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty in May than in any other month last year as a result of felonious incidents. More law enforcement officers were also feloniously...
Above: Chris James addresses the Reservation Economic Summit (RES) in Las Vegas in March 2018; photo courtesy NCAIED. Note: This is the first in a series of "Conversations across Communities," which will touch upon various aspects of security, surveillance, law enforcement, intelligence, crime,...
This was a guest piece written in 2017. Numbers and statistics cited have since changed. You can find updated internet usage statistics at https://firstsiteguide.com/internet-stats/ and current information on other facts cited in this article at https://www.icmec.org/. Above picture: Courtesy ICMEC The anonymity that the Internet allows makes...
UMbRA, which stands for Unique Mission to Build Records and Arrests, is a tool focused on security and surveillance professionals, law enforcement officials and investigators LAS VEGAS, NV, September 20, 2017: On Wednesday, Biometrica Systems, Inc., a Las Vegas-based SaaS company that...
Above: © Nomadsoul1 | Dreamstime; While young girls are predominant victims of trafficking, about 20% of victims are male. We have a problem — there’s just not enough comprehensive, substantive data. But depending on various accounts, between 100,000 to 1.5 million children are trafficked...
The heartbreaking stories of multiple victim events, including human trafficking and homicide, and their implications for investigators and first responders, among others, will be the focus of the 2017 Annual National Missing and Unidentified Person’s Conference (MUPC) in Atlanta in September. We...
Picture: © Saporob | Dreamstime.com The lines between our physical and virtual worlds continue to blur, and the words, “you’ve been hacked,” continue to take on all sorts of ominous connotations across these blurred lines, especially after a mega attack like last week’s WannaCry. With...
An Indian soldier on the India-Pakistan Line of Control in Kashmir. Picture © Oleg Doroshenko | Dreamstime.com For far too long, too many soldiers, paramilitary forces, and other security personnel have died because of a lack of planning or foresight. While there are any...
Everybody gets email, all the time. Copyright Vkraskouski | Dreamstime.com By Kevin King According to reports, people across the world will send and receive 269 billion emails in 2017. Internet Live Stats, which is the accepted global standard for such matters, and part...
The TGPN, A National Indian Gaming Association Initiative, Was Set Up To Provide Resources To Protect Native American Tribes From Internal And External Threats. Parker to help them navigate threat landscape. LAS VEGAS, NV: On Thursday, Biometrica Systems, Inc., a Las Vegas...
When dealing with a gunman, try and find cover. © Nyul | Dreamstime.com By Colonel Sushil Kumar Singh (Ret.) Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory. - Miguel de Cervantes If someone tells you they felt no fear or unease when...
[A simulated image of a 1,700-year-old supply chain, in this case of the Roman Empire, which received most of its wheat and a large portion of its olive oil from its provinces in North Africa. Picture credit: Michael Hugos/SCM Globe] If your...
Seattle-Based Lender Provides $300,000 To Jump-Start Expansion Strategy, As Company Looks To Increase Footprint Within Casino Industry And Other Verticals LAS VEGAS, NV: On Tuesday, Biometrica Systems, Inc., a Las Vegas and Virginia-based SaaS company focused on creating products that link the physical...
(Above: Donald Trump on the campaign trail in Gettysburg. © Georgesheldon | Dreamstime.com) In a rapidly evolving, technology-driven environment, where the IoT is a way of life, the incoming administration faces a number of new challenges, especially from a security perspective. Here...
Enhanced functionalities of the new, fully encrypted Security & Surveillance Information Network will give clients the ability to run facial recognition scans on suspicious persons from anywhere on a property or beyond LAS VEGAS, NV: On Tuesday, Biometrica Systems, Inc., a Las...
In six short years, Aadhaar, India’s biometrics-based unique identification project, has enrolled more than 1.07 billion people. This has allowed hundreds of millions that did not have access to benefits, access to the formal systems that provide those benefits. In a freewheeling...
The 5 Real World Things You Really Do Have To Keep In Mind To Secure Your Virtual World: Verify Credentials, Have Pinch Point Admission, Validate Vendors, Implement Physical Access Protocols To Devices, and Be Able To Trust Your Staff In the aftermath...
(Picture above, courtesy IGA and Isle of Capri: The first riverboat casinos in the United States took off in Iowa on April 1, 1991, with the Diamond Lady launching off the shores of the city of Bettendorf in Scott County) Twenty-five years ago,...
[Picture above, credit © Outline205 | Dreamstime.com] By The Biometrica Blog Team Biometrica Systems, Inc., a Nevada corporation, is in the business of creating software and systems that link the physical to the digital with the intention of minimizing criminality, or events that...
Enhanced features will give casino, hotel, retail, law enforcement and other clients the ability to run encrypted facial recognition scans against huge database of felons Las Vegas, NV: Biometrica Systems, Inc., a Las Vegas and Virginia-based SaaS company focused on creating products that...
[Pictured above: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where TDG is supplying Smart Cities Designs and Solutions as part of the Saudi Arabian National Transformation Programme, also known as Vision 2030, as viewed from space by moonlight; Picture © Anartis | Dreamstime.com, with...
(Above: The initial conceptual master plan for Kingdom City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; courtesy Paul Doherty.) By Kadambari M. Wade Architect. Innovator. Integrator. Traveler. Paul Doherty, President & CEO of TDG [The Digit Group, Inc.], is one of the world’s foremost authorities on...