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Cogent Systems Receives Orders for its BlueCheck™ Portable Bluetooth Fingerprint Scanner from the Los Angeles Police Department
South Pasadena, CA, July 17, 2007 – Cogent Systems (NASDAQ: COGT) today announced that the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), through a Homeland Security Grant promoting interagency cooperation, has procured 500 Cogent BlueCheck™ mobile identification devices to date that will be deployed to LAPD field officers as well as other local law enforcement agencies operating under the Los Angeles County Regional Identification System (LACRIS). In 2003, Cogent successfully implemented the LACRIS Automated Fingerprint Identification System (LAFIS) for fingerprint identification services for all law enforcement agencies in Los Angeles County.
The Cogent BlueCheck™ devices, utilizing secure wireless communications, will operate with the newly deployed LAPD mobile computers in officers' patrol cars to provide access to LAFIS. As one of the lead agencies in the LACRIS, LAPD has coordinated efforts with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) to allow the BlueCheck devices to access LAFIS.
The BlueCheck™ devices utilize the LASD secure network to allow officers to perform a rapid fingerprint check of subjects in the field, comparing fingerprints with nearly 9 million criminal records maintained in LAFIS, and receive an identification response within seconds. Two hundred BlueCheckTM devices will be immediately deployed in LAPD patrol vehicles and 300 devices will be provided to the Sheriff and municipal police departments within Los Angeles County. This cooperative effort will elevate the public safety of the communities throughout Los Angeles County by giving officers in the street another tool to positively identify and apprehend criminals.
LAPD Chief Information Officer Tim Riley remarked, "The Los Angeles Police Department views the timely identification of subjects in the field as a tremendous development for providing our officers with a new crime fighting tool that will enhance officer safety. We look forward to deploying the device Department-wide, which will allow rapid confirmation in cases of questioned identity and allow officers to quickly resume patrol duties. The information sharing aspect of this program within our Los Angeles Regional Identification System brings us to a new level of interagency information sharing that will elevate public safety for the citizens of Los Angeles, as well as our neighboring cities."
"This is a tremendously important step forward for law enforcement and the field officers. The ability to biometrically identify a subject in the field within seconds is revolutionary, second only to the introduction of portable radios. As this program expands, we hope to eliminate the use of name-based checks to determine a subject's identity. Soon we will be able to eliminate the use of stolen or fraudulent identification," stated Lieutenant Larry Bryant of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
"Allowing field officers to perform remote fingerprint search is a significant capability expansion for LAFIS. Cogent is the first AFIS vendor to support a county-wide mobile fingerprint ID network covering a territory of 4,061 square miles and a population of nearly 11 million persons," commented Mr. Ming Hsieh, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cogent. "Los Angeles County is clearly committed to giving their law enforcement officers the most advanced crime solving and crime prevention tools available. We believe that BlueCheckTM demonstrates Cogent's technology leadership in research and development to provide state-of-the-art products to our customers."
About BlueCheck™
BlueCheck™ , is a Bluetooth enabled mobile fingerprint scanner for law enforcement applications. Weighing only 3 ounces, the BlueCheckTM is equipped with a durable LCD display for real-time feedback, a 500 dpi fingerprint sensor, Cogent's SecurASIC technology for embedded encryption, image compression, and on-device matching. BlueCheck™ allows users to quickly and easily perform in-the-field fingerprint capture and identifications. Using Bluetooth communication, BlueCheck™ can remotely transfer secure captured fingerprint data to any COTS Bluetooth enabled PDA, laptop, or cell phone. This modular feature enables law enforcement agencies to configure the use of BlueCheck™ with their existing equipment and infrastructure. With Cogent's BlueCheckTM host applications, the host device can submit ANSI-NIST format files via SMTP or FTP to a remote server, or to a statewide Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS). BlueCheck™ receives the search results from the host and displays the results on its LCD display, providing timely and accurate information for law enforcement personnel.
About Cogent Systems
Cogent is a global biometric identification solutions provider to governments, law enforcement agencies, and commercial enterprises. Cogent provides the highest quality identification systems, products and services with leading technology, accuracy and speed. Cogent's Automated Fingerprint/Palmprint Identification Systems, or AFIS, enable customers to capture fingerprint and palm print images electronically, encode prints into searchable files, and accurately compare a set of fingerprints/palm prints to a database containing potentially millions of prints in seconds. For more information, please visit www.cogentsystems.com
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains, in addition to historical information, forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on management's current estimates and expectations and are subject to a number of uncertainties and risks that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Cogent is providing this information as of the date of this press release, and expressly disclaims any duty to update information contained in this press release.
Forward-looking statements in this press release include, without limitation, express and implied statements regarding Cogent's future growth. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied here. Readers are referred to Cogent's Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007 filed by Cogent with the Securities and Exchange Commission which identifies important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, including but not limited to: changes in government policies; deriving a significant portion of revenues from a limited number of customers; deriving a significant portion of revenues from the sale of solutions pursuant to government contracts; failure of Cogent's products to achieve broad acceptance; failure to successfully compete; failure to comply with government regulations; negative publicity and/or loss of clients due to security breaches resulting in the disclosure of confidential information; failure to manage projects; rapid technology change in the biometrics market; loss of a key member of management team; termination of backlog orders; loss of limited source suppliers; negative audits by government agencies; failure to protect intellectual property; and exposure to intellectual property and product liability claims. The information contained in this press release is a statement of Cogent's present intention, belief or expectation and is based upon, among other things, existing industry conditions, market conditions, the economy in general and Cogent's assumptions. Cogent may change its intention, belief or expectation, at any time and without notice, based upon any changes in such factors, in its assumptions or otherwise. Cogent undertakes no obligation to review or confirm analysts' expectations or estimates or to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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