Police To Use iPhone Face Recognition Software To Identify Criminals

 

Seems like even the police are big fans of Apple’s iPhone, as word is out that police in Brockton, Massachusetts are using iPhones to help make their jobs easier. The iPhone is equipped with a facial recognition system, dubbed MORIS, that allows the police to snap a picture of the person, which is sent back and compared against a database of bad guys that the state is currently compiling, finding out if you’re on a wanted list or not. While it’s currently using facial recognition, there is also an iris identification feature in the works, along with a fingerprint reader. Of course, it’ll be interesting to see if the iPhone’s camera is good enough to capture minute details of the iris and fingerprints in order to make a positive match, but we’ll see. Check out a video on this system after the jump.