>
> CAMERAS AT SUPER BOWL SCANNED FACES LOOKING FOR CRIMINALS
>
> http://www.sptimes.com/News/013101/TampaBay/Cameras_scanned_fans_.shtml
>
> January 31, 2001
> By ROBERT TRIGAUX
>
> TAMPA -- Were you one of the 100,000 fans and workers to pass through the
> stadium turnstiles at Sunday's Super Bowl? Did you smile for the camera?
>
> Each and every face that entered Raymond James Stadium for the big
> game was captured by a video camera connected to a law enforcement
> control room inside the stadium.
>
> In milliseconds, each facial image was digitized and checked
> electronically against the computer files of known criminals,
> terrorists and con artists of the Tampa Police Department, the FBI and
> other state and local law enforcement agencies.
>
> Sunday's Super Bowl was the first major sporting event to adopt the
> face-matching surveillance system. But the designers of the system
> expect other security-sensitive sporting events, ranging from the
> upcoming 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City to the
> hooligan-plagued soccer leagues in parts of Europe, to express great
> interest.
>
> [...]
>
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>
> http://www.viisage.com/january_29_2001.htm
>
> Press Releases
>
> GRAPHCO TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Provides Surveillance for Raymond James Stadium
> to Identify Known Suspects, Deter Crime
>
> On January 28th, Criminals No Longer Another Face in the Tampa Stadium
> Crowd
>
> Tampa, Florida, January 29, 2001 -Graphco Technologies, Inc. (G-TEC), a
> leading developer of technology and solutions for biometric
> authentication, secure access, and expert information-sharing systems,
> announced today that they provided a surveillance and facial recognition
> system at both the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa and at Ybor City,
> Florida. The system was in place from January 21 - January 28, 2001 to
> monitor potential criminal activities during the sporting events and
> related activities at the two locations.
>
> In cooperation with the Tampa Sports Authority, Graphco Technologies
> partnered with Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTNA, RTNB) Linthicum, Maryland
> office, Viisage Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: VISG), and VelTek International,
> Inc., to provide its FaceTrac facial recognition system to the Tampa
> Police Department and other federal, state and local law enforcement
> agencies.
>
> [...]
>