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ID System Gets in Face of Criminals

The Los Angeles Police Department is seeking half a million dollars from the federal government to expand the use of advanced facial-recognition systems to identify criminal suspects. Police officials say the technology could be an important step in fighting crime. "It's like a mobile electronic mug book," said Rampart Division Capt. Charles Beck. "It's not a silver bullet, but we wouldn't use it unless it helped us make arrests." Posted by Editor at December 27, 2004 08:00 AM