Safety Dynamics and FaceFirst Announce Biometric Gun Shooter Detection System - 16th January, 2012

Companies referenced in this item: Airborne Biometrics Group, FaceFirst

Safety Dynamics, Inc. of Tucson, AZ and FaceFirst (Airborne Biometrics Group, Inc.) of Camarillo, CA announced they have entered into an exclusive teaming agreement that allows them to provide law enforcement agencies the world’s first gun-shot detection system able to instantly identify the shooter.

The companies’ combined system pairs Safety Dynamics’ highly-accurate (fixed or mobile) gun-shot detection technology with FaceFirst’s top-speed facial biometric processor to provide law enforcement agencies and private physical security firms pin-point location and shooter identity information in real-time. SDB Partners, LLC, a Washington, DC-based security and technology consulting firm, facilitated the landmark agreement.

Technologies for gun-shot detection and facial recognition have evolved in recent years, and today many companies compete for various homeland security government contracts. With the Safety Dynamics-FaceFirst agreement, two of the top industry leaders will combine capabilities for selected customers in a singular best-in-class solution.

Gun-shot detection is performed from ballistic signal sensors positioned within a fixed or mobile protected area. When a gun-shot event is detected, Safety Dynamics’ high-speed gunshot detection system passes the azimuth and elevation of the location of the gunshot in less than one second to the camera to point a high-resolution camera to zoom in on the location from which the ballistic signal originated.

When the shooter’s face is captured by the gun-shot detection camera, FaceFirst then either processes the identity of the shooter against customer “watch lists,” or creates a new facial record of the shooter. In cases where the shooter’s face is known previously to law enforcement, apprehension of the suspect can be accelerated. In the event that a shooter is “new” to law enforcement at the time of the incident, the image may be used to query cooperating biometric databases following the event.

Safety Dynamics, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of smart acoustical sensor-based products and solutions for threat recognition and localization. Focusing on urban crime prevention, Safety Dynamics developed the Sensor-Enabled Neural Threat Recognition and Identification (SENTRI) system, a revolutionary platform that detects gunshots and is capable of instantly and accurately directing a video camera to a GPS location. Along with a comprehensive suite of perimeter security, facial, license plate and other technologies, Safety Dynamics is pioneering the paradigm shift toward biologically-based pattern recognition technologies for Military, Homeland Security and Public Safety applications. For more information about Safety Dynamics, Inc. please visit www.safetydynamics.net.

FaceFirst provides a fully automated, user friendly, turnkey mobile and live-video surveillance facial recognition system which generates automated alerts whenever a face match above a user defined probability achieved. FaceFirst has a completely open, and scalable system architecture. FaceFirst technology excels in low resolution environments enabling real-world performance. For more information about FaceFirst please visit www.facefirst.com.

Airborne Biometrics Group, Inc. was established to provide an additional layer of personnel identification to the security industry through the application of real-time Face Recognition in uncontrolled surveillance environments. Airborne Biometrics Group developed the FaceFirst biometric platform which enables customers to automatically capture and compare facial images in a non-invasive manner.

SDB Partners, LLC serves the growth needs of best-in-class defense and security technology companies worldwide. By providing strategic advice, Washington DC representation, business development, sales support, and public affairs functions, SDB Partners’ small and medium-size clients achieve business results normally reserved for large, publicly-traded government contracting enterprises. For more information about SDB Partners, please visit www.sdb-partners.com.

Contact: Nick Fuhrman, 404.784.2062, nick@sdb-partners.com