MONDAY
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
The IDEMIA Justice and Public Safety Users Conference welcomes everyone to the opening night reception at the beautiful Henry B. González Convention Center "A River that Runs through It." This section of the charming San Antonio River Walk is aptly named, "The Grotto."
The Grotto spans the entire width of Bridge Hall of the Convention Center with numerous trees, foliage, a waterfall that signifies the end or the beginning (depending on which way you are walking) and even a few ducks who have taken up residence in The Grotto area. Located just below the busy halls of the Convention Center – The Grotto has a welcoming atmosphere that is a showing the best of San Antonio!
TUESDAY
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Presented by Donnie Scott, CEO, IDEMIA Identity and Security North America
Location: Main Lecture Hall (Lone Star)
Presented by Lisa Voss, Chairwoman, IDEMIA Executive Users Board and Assistant Director, State Bureau of Identification, Delaware State Police
Location: Main Lecture Hall (Lone Star)
The presentation will provide a general overview of what happened on April 16th, 2007, related to the shootings at Virginia Tech. It will include law enforcement’s response, investigative efforts and lessons learned. In addition, the presentation will highlight the shooter’s background and his activities leading up to the tragic event.
Presented by Timothy Lyon, Lieutenant Colonel Virginia State Police
Location: Main Lecture Hall (Lone Star)
IDEMIA I&S North America’s CEO, Donnie Scott, is proud to have John Katko, former ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee and Central New York Congressman, join him for a fireside chat during the 2023 IDEMIA Justice and Public Safety Users Conference. John has consistently been one of the leading congressional supporters of the use of biometrics. He fully recognizes the critical importance of biometrics to the criminal justice community in support of their mission to keep neighborhoods and citizens safe. With his undisputed tenure on the House Homeland Security Committee, we are excited to have him share his thoughts on how biometrics not only transforms our everyday lives, but how it has and will continue to become the preferred method of identity verification on federal and state levels.
Presented by Representative John Katko, Former Ranking Member of the House Homeland Security Committee and Donnie Scott, CEO, IDEMIA Identity and Security North America
Location: Main Lecture Hall (Lone Star)
Latent print examiners can increase accuracy by following IDEMIA best practice recommendations on image enhancements. This hands-on workshop will cover the newest MBIS and MLE features for latent print enhancements as well as reviewing the best methods and preferences to efficiently enhance, filter, subsize/saturate, review, markup, and compare latent prints.
Instructed by Eric Ray, Technical Project Leader, IDEMIA Identity and Security North America
Location: Training Room #1 (Bowie A,B,C)
Getting Started with Face Expert, including, Case Creation and Management, Upload of photos and videos, Image Cropping, Image Enhancement (including 2D/3D modeling and pose correction), Search Submission (including demographic filtering), review of results, image comparison, annotations/charting and reports generation. The attendee will become familiar with MBIS 5 Face Expert and will be able to perform basic tasks as the result taking this class.
Instructed by James Kester, Training Specialist, IDEMIA Identity and Security North America
Location: Training Room #2 (Presidio A,B,C)
The Justice and Public Safety business update features Sr. Vice President Casey Mayfield highlighting aspects of the past year that illustrates IDEMIA’s deep commitment to the mission of our criminal justice partners. She will review the significant progress made in the delivery and deployment of IDEMIA solutions and systems along with recent company changes to further enhance our business continuity across our customer base.
Presented by Casey Mayfield, Senior Vice President, Justice and Public Safety, IDEMIA Identity and Security North America
Location: Main Lecture Hall (Lone Star)
This presentation will address the recent modernization of the CJIS Security Policy. Discussion will include modernized information assurance requirements contained within recent versions.
Presented by Chris Weatherly, Information Security Officer, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Location: Lecture Room II (Travis C,D)
This presentation will provide you with insights on the development of IDEMIA’s next generation LiveScan with the latest technology stack and an enhanced customer experience.
Presented by Yasmine Musa, Product Manager, IDEMIA Identity and Security North America IDEMIA; Spica Gao, IDEMIA Identity and Security Canada
Location: Main Lecture Hall (Lone Star)
A first-hand user’s review of Idemia STORM ABIS and the resulting positive impacts on Washington County Sheriff’s Office Forensic Science Unit operations. Through this talk, Forensic Analyst Camie Mateski, will discuss how the design and accuracy built into STORM permitted casework efficiencies and a resulting decrease in backlog.
Presented by Camie Mateski, CLPE, Forensic Analyst, Washington County Sheriff’s Office and Eric Ray, Technical Project Leader, IDEMIA Identity and Security North America
Location: Main Lecture Hall (Lone Star)
Rapid DNA analysis is a fully automated system capable of producing a CODIS-acceptable DNA profile from an arrestee buccal swab without human intervention in under 2 hours. In the booking environment, these DNA profiles can be enrolled and immediately searched against unsolved homicides, sexual assaults, kidnappings, and terrorism cases in CODIS while the arrestee is still in custody. In April 2022, Louisiana received the Authority to Operate (ATO) Rapid DNA in booking agency operations from the FBI. This presentation will cover an overview of our workflow, a walk through, lessons learned, suggestions, and successes with our Rapid DNA implementation.
Presented by Arthur Hoover, Louisiana State Police
Location: Lecture Room II (Travis A,B)
Latent print examiners can increase accuracy by following IDEMIA best practice recommendations on search strategy. This hands-on workshop will cover the newest MBIS and MLE features for latent print searching by the recommended strategies, methods and practices used to effectively calibrate, resample, position, encode, and annotate latent prints for submission.
Instructed by Christine Schultz, Technical Training Specialist, IDEMIA Identity and Security North America
Location: Training Room #1 (Bowie A,B,C)
The Facial Identification Scientific Working Group has provided excellent best practices for performing facial comparisons in automated systems. We have designed Face Expert to provide you the tools to follow the full range of FISWG recommendations for both initial examinations and peer reviews. This workshop will allow you to practice using these best practices.
Instructed by Nicole Spaun, Senior Manager, Criminal Justice Training Development, IDEMIA Identity and Security North America
Location: Training Room #2 (Presidio A,B,C)
Location: Main lecture Hall & Lecture Room II (Travis A,B)
Location: Main Lecture Hall (Lone Star)
wednesDAY
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Presented by Christie Fleeman, Vice Chairwoman, IDEMIA Executive Users Board and Regional Cal-ID Program Manager, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office
Location: Main Lecture Hall (Lone Star)
Case AFIS (or Closed Search) capabilities are now included as an option in IDEMIA MBIS 5.x. This powerful feature allows Latent Print Examiners to use the highly accurate IDEMIA MBSS matching algorithms to assist with “manual” comparisons to find potential correspondence. Case AFIS in MBIS can also assist the examiner in confirming an Exclusion conclusion. Test out this feature during this hands-on certificate class.
Instructed by Eric Ray, Technical Project Leader, IDEMIA Identity and Security North America
Location: Training Room #1 (Bowie A,B,C)
Best practices during tenprint Quality Control ensure higher search accuracy for both tenprint and latent print searching. This hands-on workshop will review the latest IDEMIA best practice recommendations for segmentation, sequence check, pattern classification, and minutiae editing.
Instructed by Christine Schultz, Technical Training Specialist, IDEMIA Identity and Security North America
Location: Training Room #2 (Presidio A,B,C)
Panel discussion facilitated by Chad Wadsworth including Catalina Rodriguez-Combs with the Texas Department of Public Safety and Tina Ramsey with the Missouri State Highway Patrol. This session will examine issues with establishing an enrollment services program within a state agency with a specific focus on agency communications, reacting to new legislation, and achieving compliance with state and federal requirements. Panel experts will share experiences and lessons learned during building their enrollment services programs and how they maintain a successful operation as growth and volume increases.
Panel members include Catalina Rodriquez-Combs, Texas DPS; Tina Ramsey, NCJA CJIS Trainer/Auditor IV, Missouri State Highway Patrol; Chad Wadsworth, Director of Solutions Engineering, IDEMIA
Location: Main Lecture Hall (Lone Star)
Joseph Courtesis, retired commander from the NYPD RTCC will host a panel of law enforcement facial recognition subject matter experts. The panel will consist of policy makers, members from the NYPD, Arizona DPS, Los Angeles County Sheriff, and the Delaware State Police. The discussion will include current use cases, best practices, policy recommendations, prohibited uses, how to address concerns and controversy, and cultivating community buy-in.
Panel members include Joe Courtesis, IDEMIA, Retired Inspector NYPD- Moderator; Derek Sabatini, Lieutenant, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office; Kelcy McArthur, Departmental Manager, Michigan State Police; Daniel Heltemes, Sergeant, Arizona DPS; Odhran McCarthy, Liaison Officer, United Nations- Interregional Crime and Justice Research Center (UNICRI); Zahid Mehmood, Sergeant, NYPD- Real Time Crime Center, Facial Identification Section
Location: Lecture Room II (Travis A,B)
This discussion will cover recent significant actions that Congress, DOJ, DHS, and the White House have taken on key justice and public safety issues. From investigative technology and biometrics to data privacy, policing reform, and public safety communications, participants will learn about recent legislative and executive action developments and issues on the horizon.
Presented by Ben Bawden, Partner, Brooks, Bawden, & Moore
Location: Main Lecture Hall (Lone Star)
Recently, FR algorithms have become significantly more accurate. As a result, candidates returned by modern FR algorithms are likely to all be individuals similar in race, gender, age, and facial appearance to the probe. These lookalikes can pose new challenges to our analysts and investigators in their attempt to generate viable leads. This session will discuss how these challenges can impact investigations and will propose an "investigative checklist" to rule out a subject or improve the strength of an investigative lead.
Presented by Joseph Courtesis, Subject Matter Expert, IDEMIA Identity and Security North America
Location: Lecture Room II (Travis A,B)
This session will explore IDEMIA Connect, IDEMIA’s new customer support portal. We will cover the features available to you from obtaining a login, to Creating a Support case, viewing cases, running reports and exploring the contents of our new and growing Knowledge Base.
Presented by Karen Gullotti, Sr. Manager Knowledge Management, Training & Technical Documentation, IDEMIA
Location: Training Room #2 (Presidio A,B,C)
The need to quickly and safely identify subjects in the field has never been more important for law enforcement officers. Identifications in the field allow officers to make informed decisions and reduce operational inefficiencies by eliminating the need to transport subjects to a location for fingerprinting. Come learn how IDEMIA's IDent v2.0 mobile fingerprint capture device and Mobile Biometric Check mobile app are redefining the mobile identification. Hear from Ryan Petta of the Sacramento County Sheriff’s office on how his agency is using the new IDent in the field.
Presented by Ross Krewenka, Product Manager, IDEMIA Identity and Security North America, Ryan Petta, IT Analyst, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office
Location: Main Lecture Hall (Lone Star)
Facial recognition technology is a hotly debate topic, particularly when used by law enforcement. In 2022, the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), INTERPOL, the World Economic Forum, and the Netherlands police crafted a comprehensive policy framework to serve as a template for law enforcement seeking to deploy facial recognition technology. This framework provides practical guidance and considerations for law enforcement agencies and demonstrates that it is possible to strike a balance between the needs of law enforcement to innovate and use new technologies and the need to address concerns voiced surrounding the use of this technology.
Presented by Odhran McCarthy, Liaison Officer, United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Center (UNICRI)
Location: Lecture Room II (Travis A,B)
In 2022, IDEMIA launched STORM, a new ABIS product with a completely redesigned User Interface. This hands-on certificate class demonstrates how STORM supports documentation of the Analysis and Comparison steps using the GYRO system. This documentation is also used as the encoding of the latent print for search. Learn how the next generation of ABIS combines encoding and documentation to increase examiner efficiency.
Instructed by Eric Ray, Technical Project Leader,
IDEMIA Identity and Security North America
Location: Training Room #1 (Bowie A,B,C)
This presentation will focus on new and evolving research assessing the quality and completeness of state biometric-based criminal history records and highlight data quality improvement strategies that are being implemented in jurisdictions around the nation.
Presented by Dave Roberts, Executive Director, SEARCH
Location: Main Lecture Hall (Lone Star)
This lecture provides the approach the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) has developed and implemented to test the newly upgraded cloud ABIS operation for reliability and integrity. The BCA runs the statewide ABIS for all MN law enforcement agencies. The cloud ABIS will be periodically upgraded to the latest product release by the ABIS supplier with new product releases. The approach will validate the end-to-end operation of key functions and matching accuracy using a data set of fingerprints representative of the operational database.
Presented by Jerry Olson, Senior Project Manager, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Location: Lecture Room II (Travis A,B)
Latent print examiners can increase accuracy by following IDEMIA best practice recommendations on search strategy. This hands-on workshop will cover the newest MBIS and MLE features for latent print searching by the recommended strategies, methods and practices used to effectively calibrate, resample, position, encode, and annotate latent prints for submission.
Instructed by Christine Schultz, Technical Training Specialist, IDEMIA Identity and Security North America
Location: Training Room #1 (Bowie A,B,C)
Tattoos have become increasingly common, and many are unique identifiers. Comparison of these in criminal and terrorism cases has typically used forensic image analysis techniques but searching of tattoos had previously been limited to only text-based databases. We will explore our automated tattoo matching capabilities while giving you the chance to compare tattoos in images.
Instructed by Nicole Spaun, Senior Manager, Criminal Justice Training Development, IDEMIA Identity and Security North America
Location: Training Room #2 (Presidio A,B,C)
Explore the latest features of IDEMIAs Multi Biometric Identification System (MBIS) and what's in store for the future, as planned on the product roadmap. Also engage in Q&A with Eric Ray, MBIS Product Manager, and James Haluska MBIS Product Owner on MBIS.
Presented by James Haluska, Software Engineer V, and Eric Ray, Technical Project Lead, IDEMIA Identity and Security North America
Location: Main Lecture Hall (Lone Star)
IntelliBook is a Multi-Agency / Multi-Location automated booking system with complete identity management solutions, including mug shot, scars mark tattoo, fingerprint, electronic signature, and multi-incident data capture components, for processing and transmitting criminal booking reports. IntelliBook is supported by a shared single server which allows for collaborative data sharing of booking records, fingerprints and images.
Presented by Rachel Stevens, Executive Account Manager,
IDEMIA Identity and Security Canada, Spica Gao, IDEMIA Identity and Security Canada, and Akash Shah, Senior Director of Engineering & Operational Excellence, IDEMIA Identity and Security Canada
Location: Lecture Room II (Travis A,B)
This presentation will provide information on the current biometric services from the FBI CJIS Division that are offered to law enforcement across the nation. Enabling as many biometric modalities as possible to be submitted to the national repository, the Next Generation Identification System, provides for the increased ability to make an identification or investigative success. The presentation will provide details on the biometric investigative services for mugshots (FACE), palmprints, latent fingerprints and scars, marks and tattoos. Details on the identification services for tenprint fingerprints, irises, and deceased persons will also be included. The instance of altered fingerprints will also be a topic that will be presented. Actual events provided by law enforcement that represent successful usage of the biometric services will also be presented.
Presented by Krista Koch, Program Manager, Biometric Identification and Analysis Unit, FBI
Location: Main Lecture Hall (Lone Star)
Advances in technology have greatly reduced incidences of incomplete, inaccurate, and untimely criminal history records. However, many central repository agencies still struggle with heavy investments in manual labor to address missing dispositions in criminal history records. Some repository agencies have addressed the problem with surprisingly innovative approaches. This session explores the reasons dispositions are missing and how peer repositories are overcoming the missing disposition gap in an environment with little to no control over reporting agencies.
Presented by Chuck Collins, Vice President, Public Safety,
Mission Critical Partners and Kathy Monfreda, Project Manager, Mission Critical Partners, LLC
Location: Lecture Room II (Travis A,B)
Latent print examiners can increase accuracy by following IDEMIA best practice recommendations on image enhancements. This hands-on workshop will cover the newest MBIS and MLE features for latent print enhancements as well as reviewing the best methods and preferences to efficiently enhance, filter, subsize/saturate, review, markup, and compare latent prints.
Instructed by Eric Ray, Technical Project Leader,
IDEMIA Identity and Security North America
Location: Training Room #1 (Bowie A,B,C)
Best practices during tenprint Quality Control ensure higher search accuracy for both tenprint and latent print searching. This hands-on workshop will review the latest IDEMIA best practice recommendations for segmentation, sequence check, pattern classification, and minutiae editing.
Instructed by Christine Schultz, Technical Training Specialist, IDEMIA Identity and Security North America
Location: Training Room #2 (Presidio A,B,C)
The National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) and NICS Act Record Improvement Program (NARIP) grants are targeted specifically at central repositories and courts. Yet, each year several applications go unfunded for projects that are sorely needed in each state and nationally. Join us for this session to learn how to get your grant funded. We will explore proven concepts for meeting grant priority areas related to bolstering criminal history record completeness, accuracy, and timeliness; improving dispositions for purposes of bolstering background checks for firearms, mental health, employment, and access to vulnerable populations; and participating in national programs for interstate accessibility of criminal records. From this session you can walk away with ready to go materials that easily transfer into your grant applications.
Presented by Chuck Collins, Vice President, Public Safety,
Mission Critical Partners and Kathy Monfreda, Project Manager, Mission Critical Partners, LLC
Location: Lecture Room II (Travis A,B)
While we enjoy providing training at this User Conference, we want you to access this quality of training year-round, on demand- anywhere. We have launched the IDEMIA Learning Lab for both product technology and biometric science e-learning. With a subscription, you will be able to receive expert created content for refresher or new hire training on your products, improve your subject matter skills, and learn new processes and expert tips on any web browser.
Presented by Nicole Spaun, Senior Manager, Criminal Justice Training Development, IDEMIA Identity and Security North America
Location: Lecture Room II (Travis A,B)
The National Instant Criminal Background Check System seeks to enhance national security and public safety by conducting background checks to determine a person’s eligibility to possess firearms or explosives in accordance with federal and state laws. This briefing will highlight the need for accurate, complete, and up-to-date criminal history record information along with the importance of leveraging advances in technology to augment the background check process.
Presented by Todd Commodore, Assistant Section Chief, National Instant Criminal Background Check System Section (FBI), and Zach Hartzell, Supervisory Management and Program Analyst, National Instant Background Check System (FBI)
Location: Main Lecture Hall (Lone Star)
Join IDEMIA for an evening of history, live music and BBQ at the historic Alamo in San Antonio, TX. The Alamo tells the story of Texas Independence as part of its rich and diverse 300-year history to over 1.6 million visitors every year and is the #1 most visited destination in the State of Texas. In 1960, the Alamo was designated a United States National Historic Landmark, and in 2015, it became part of the Lone Star State’s only UNESCO World Heritage Site. Witness living history, experience authentic artifacts, and explore an iconic landmark that shaped the country. Transportation will be provided.
Location: The Alamo Ralston Family Collections Center.
300 Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, TX 78205
thursDAY
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Presented by Christie Fleeman, Vice Chairwoman, IDEMIA Executive Users Board and Regional Cal-ID Program Manager, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office
Location: Main Lecture Hall (Lone Star)
This introduction is for managers and those new to facial recognition and comparison, to introduce you to the components examiners will need to know to successfully operate a facial recognition system and determine the best leads. We will cover a range of topics to include the long history, best practice methods, and facial basics that managers should be aware of and users should have training in; as well as practice at performing typical and challenging hands-on facial comparisons.
Instructed by Nicole Spaun, Senior Manager, Criminal Justice Training Development, IDEMIA Identity and Security North America
Location: Training Room #2 (Presidio A,B,C)
While the emphasis has consistently been on capturing quality fingerprints, most underestimate the importance of the upper palm and full distal capture. Just as fingerprint submissions are enrolled or rejected by Next Generation Identification (NGI), palm prints are also enrolled and/or rejected by the FBI’s National Palm Print System (NPPS). In this presentation, I will discuss the importance of distal capture and how the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension improved their palm print quality and NPPS enrollment numbers. I will provide examples of quality palm images and explain how the area beneath the flexion crease of the fingerprint can be useful in comparisons, along with updated enrollment statistics provided by the team who supports the NPPs, the FBI CJIS Division's Palm Services and Analysis Team (PSAT).
Presented by Sherri Becker,
Fingerprint Services Supervisor, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Location: Lecture Room II (Travis A,B)
Learn more about how IDEMIA's MBC mobile application is expanding it's use case to help offers do more than capture biometrics in the field. Also engage in Q&A with Ross Krewenka, MBC Product Manager, about what the future holds for mobile identification and contactless fingerprint capture.
Presented by Ross Krewenka, IDEMIA
Location: Main Lecture Hall (Lone Star)
What does a tenprint examiner do when a definitive identification or exclusion conclusion cannot be reached in a comparison? What does a latent print examiner do when an ABIS search results in a comparison that needs a second opinion? In this presentation we’ll go over how the addition of Inconclusive in the WIDOJ MBIS provided us with the ability for tenprint examiners to document when a definitive conclusion cannot be reached (and how this is dispositioned), for latent prints to seek out on screen consultations on complex comparisons, and how our system records this information to provide documentation. Additionally, we’ll talk about how this conclusion is used in our two stage Unsolved Latent Verification workflow to send poor quality prints back to examiners for reevaluation.
Presented by Adrianna Bast, ABIS Program Solutions Specialist, Wisconsin State Crime Laboratory
Location: Training Room #1 (Bowie A,B,C)
Part of bringing a new or upgraded ABIS online in a quality driven accredited environment is validating that system, but what does that even mean? Throughout the life of the system after updates, upgrades, new features or major catastrophes additional verification or performance checks should also be performed, but how? This presentation will go over what validation and verification of ABIS software looks like including what metrics to test, competency testing end users, and performing follow up checks after version upgrades, matcher updates and bug fixes. We will also discuss how all these tasks rely on something which is most easily overlooked: a good test data set, and how to develop your own.
Presented by Adrianna Bast, ABIS Program Solutions Specialist, Wisconsin State Crime Laboratory
Location: Training Room #1 (Bowie A,B,C)
The launch of Athena, IDEMIA’S next generation cloud-based enrollment platform, will have a powerful, configurable, adjudication workflow engine known as CARES that provides an end-to-end fingerprint transaction and background check processing solution for state agencies. Athena will revolutionize scaled enrollment service management technology by bringing compelling features to market at a lightning pace and cost-effectively. It will compete in a space where flexibility and automation are critical to making purchasing decisions in addition to product capabilities. Athena and CARES create a comprehensive user experience with efficient, intuitive, and powerful tools.
Presented by Tycescena Smith, Senior Product Manager, IDEMIA Identity and Security North America
Location: Lecture Room II (Travis A,B)
This session will be an overview of how the NYS DMV has been using facial recognition since 2010. To date the NYS DMV has caught over 38,000 individuals committing fraud resulting in over 14,000 arrests and administrative action against the remaining individuals. Owen McShane will highlight some of the more unusual cases of identity theft, traffic safety issues and benefit fraud. He will then discuss the multi-state partnership between New Jersey, Connecticut and Maryland that targets CDL and Livery Drivers committing fraud.
You will also be able to hear how the State University conducted a Traffic Safety study of the individuals they have caught via facial recognition committing license fraud.
Presented by Owen McShane, Deputy Commissioner New York Department of Motor Vehicles
Location: Main Lecture Hall (Lone Star)
With an ever-increasing need for in-person identity proofing and verification, State and federal requirements are taking shape, necessitating robust, reliable, security compliant, easy-to deploy solutions that can adapt to agency and customer needs – our SMART-E solution addresses these needs.
SMART-E is a next-generational proctored, remote biometric capture and identity proofing solution that enables identity proofing through remote supervision driven by video and audio sessions – an industry game changer! Come learn more about our solution and how it can better serve you and your customers!
Presented by Dorinda Hill, Manager, Product Management,
IDEMIA Identity and Security North America and Chad Wadsworth, Director, Solution Engineering, IDEMIA
Location: Lecture Room II (Travis A,B)
Eric Ray and Jerry O’Brien will discuss the similarities and differences between STORM and MBIS. Eric will be focusing on the user interface tools and functionality, such as: Upload and Encoding, Image Encoding, and Launch a Search. Jerry will cover the underlying technology similarity and differences, such as: On-Prem vs Cloud, Azure vs AWS, Data Storage, and Security.
Presented by Jerry O’Brien, Manager, Product Management, IDEMIA and Eric Ray, Technical Project Leader, IDEMIA
Location: Main Lecture Hall (Lone Star)
We will be looking at techniques for processing impression evidence, bundling multiple steps into three tools/techniques in Adobe Photoshop:
- Camera Raw, and the power within it to pull detail from the darkest shadows and brightest highlights—a game changer for finger and palm impressions photographed with a forensic light source.
- Calculations and blending color channels to maximize ridge detail while minimizing noise and inverting light ridges to dark all at the same time.
- Shadows/Highlights adjustment tool will be explained to help understand how the sliders work together to help us visualize those ridges as clearly as possible!
Presented by Jill Smith, Forensic Imaging Specialist Instructor, York Regional Police
Location: Lecture Room II (Travis A,B)
Proactive monitoring of the health of your system and database: In this session, learn useful troubleshooting techniques including monitoring disk space, queues, and your PostgreSQL or Oracle database as well as utilizing key log files and utilities as well as running Central View Reports and learn some useful SQLPlus database queries.
Instructed by Mark Roberg, Sustaining Engineer, Managed Services Engineering, IDEMIA Identity and Security North America
Location: Training Room #1 (Bowie A,B,C)
Getting Started with Face Expert, including, Case Creation and Management, Upload of photos and videos, Image Cropping, Image Enhancement (including 2D/3D modeling and pose correction), Search Submission (including demographic filtering), review of results, image comparison, annotations/charting and reports generation. The attendee will become familiar with MBIS 5 Face Expert and will be able to perform basic tasks as the result taking this class.
Instructed by James Kester, Training Specialist, IDEMIA Identity and Security North America
Location: Training Room #2 (Presidio A,B,C)
Nearly half of the states rely upon Computerized Criminal History (CCH) Systems built and operating on technology near or past the point of obsolescence. State CJIS agencies in this predicament risk system disruptions, inability to support new legislative mandates, and potentially, FBI sanctions for CJIS Security violations. The CCH is the core of the State CJIS Systems Agency ecosystem and is relied upon to support the entire spectrum of the criminal justice processes, as well as vetting the people seeking positions of trust serving the most vulnerable populations. The CCH system is too critical to fail.
During this interactive session, retired Captain Tom Turner, GCOM CJIS Advisor and Chris Jacoby, GCOM VP Justice Public Safety Products, will discuss the myriad considerations for CJIS agencies, including the latest trends for CCH modernization. They will address the current solution options, vendor industry trends, and the promises of leading-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI). Chris and Tom will endeavor to answer questions that can help your state develop a strategy for a successful CCH modernization.
Presented by Chris Jacoby, GCOM VP Justice Public Safety Products; Tom Turner, GCOM CJIS Advisor
Location: Lecture Room II (Travis A,B)
Location: Main Lecture Hall (Lone Star)