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Subject: use of suspect composites
Category: Relationships and Society > Law
Asked by: lzz-ga
List Price: $3.00
Posted: 05 Apr 2004 15:42 PDT
Expires: 27 Apr 2004 12:20 PDT
Question ID: 325681
I wish to find a recent (last 60 days) example of a police
investigation that has used a suspect composite developed by a
specific kind of computer software. The media reports may not name the
computer software (called FACES) but the composites are easily
recognized, they have a particular look to them and will often have a
trademark in the lower left hand corner. It is possible that an image
search engine might find these examples, or google alert etc. I would
like to find more than one example, and so, if permitted I will post
this question more than once. Thank you.

Request for Question Clarification by czh-ga on 06 Apr 2004 13:57 PDT
Hello again lzz-ga,

I'd like to get more information about what you're looking for. Your
comment below seems to say that you would like to be able to access
composite face images from police activities. Are you only interested
in the FACES software or in composite imaging software in general?
There are several imaging products available. What kind of composites
are you interested in? You indicate police investigations. Are you
interested in specific types of cases -- missing children/persons,
forensics (reconconstruct from decomposed remains), or identify
suspects from witness descriptions? What geographic areas are you
interested in? You can frequently identify the police departments
using a specific imaging product from press releases and other
marketing materials on the product vendor's website.

The more background information you can provide, the more likely that
I will be able to get you the information you need. I look forward to
your clarification.

~ czh ~

Clarification of Question by lzz-ga on 06 Apr 2004 14:14 PDT
I apologize and will try to clarify. 
I am only intrested in facial composites developed by FACES software.
I want to find examples of these composites being used in recent
police investigations (last 60 days).
The examples could come from media reports (which frequently carry
composite sketches/descriptions of suspects) or from police bulletins
or websites (which sometimes carry sketches/descriptions)
All kinds of investigations are of interest to me. 
Geographic region is the United States and Canada.
Hope that helps!!
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Subject: Re: use of suspect composites
From: czh-ga on 05 Apr 2004 20:56 PDT
 
Hello  lzz-ga, 

The maker of the FACES product is  IQ Biometrix. Their website shows
some police cases that used their product but none of them are from
the last 60 days.

http://www.iqbiometrix.com/faces_at_work_front_line_stories.html

Since Wisconsin and Quebec police just signed up as customers, you may
be able to find additional cases soon.

http://www.iqbiometrix.com/investor_relations_overview.shtml

FREMONT, Calif, March 9, 2004
IQ Biometrix Inc. (OTCBB:IQBM) today announced that Wisconsin law
enforcement agencies will get training in a new leading edge
technology to identify, track and apprehend criminals.
more 

FREMONT, CA, March 05, 2004
IQ Biometrix Inc. IQBM announced today that the Ecole nationale de
police du Quebec, Quebec Police Academy, will use IQ Biometrix's
FACES(TM) 4.0 technology in its advanced training...
English | French 

Good luck.

~ czh ~
Subject: Re: use of suspect composites
From: lzz-ga on 06 Apr 2004 07:50 PDT
 
So, is there no way you can recommend to do an image search, or use
some other method, to identify current cases regularly?
Subject: Re: use of suspect composites
From: klrawles-ga on 09 Apr 2004 12:24 PDT
 
You will need to go through some steps to get the answers you want.
Try this search on Google News:

http://news.google.com/news?as_q=&svnum=10&as_scoring=d&sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=police+sketch&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_nsrc=&as_nloc=United+States&as_occt=any&as_drrb=q&as_qdr=&as_mind=10&as_minm=3&as_maxd=9&as_maxm=4

Then you will need to call the police agency listed in the article to
find out if they use FACES software. The following article has a slide
show where the fourteenth slide appears to be a FACES composite. I
didn't bother calling the agency. I'll leave that to you.
Subject: Re: use of suspect composites
From: klrawles-ga on 09 Apr 2004 12:25 PDT
 
You will need to go through some steps to get the answers you want.
Try this search on Google News:

http://news.google.com/news?as_q=&svnum=10&as_scoring=d&sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=police+sketch&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_nsrc=&as_nloc=United+States&as_occt=any&as_drrb=q&as_qdr=&as_mind=10&as_minm=3&as_maxd=9&as_maxm=4

Then you will need to call the police agency listed in the article to
find out if they use FACES software. The following article has a slide
show where the fourteenth slide appears to be a FACES composite. I
didn't bother calling the agency. I'll leave that to you.

http://www.nbc5.com/family/2971604/detail.html
Subject: Re: use of suspect composites
From: lzz-ga on 11 Apr 2004 06:11 PDT
 
Thank you to both. I had thought there could possibly be a more
efficient way to find these stories. But it looks like I will go back
to old fashioned search through news services. Do either of you want
me to accept your comments as an answer. I anticipate using google
answers again (in fact, in the next five minutes) so I don't want to
appear unresponsive to assistance.

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