What a sham and waste of taxpayer money. It appears there is a sucker born every minute. Some folks in Tennessee are having a problem distinguishing between the meaning of "Identification" and "Tracking." Irish scanning can only identify it cannot track offenders. i.e., tell folks where they are. I wonder how much of a problem they are having with non-sex offenders registering as a sex offender?2-16-2010 Tennessee:
Davidson County Sheriff Daron Hall will unveil new technology today that he says will improve the tracking of registered sex offenders.
The sheriff's office received a grant for an iris scan machine worth about $10,000 that will be used to check in the sex offenders who come to register at the booking department. The technology can positively identify a person through an eye scan and can even differentiate between twins, the sheriff's office says.
The information gathered through the iris scans will be entered into a national database that will help determine if a sex offender is wanted in another jurisdiction.
"It is the sheriff's office's responsibility to gather information on sex offenders when they come to register in this county," Hall said in a news release. "Including them in an iris scan database is a great step because you can never be mistaken for someone else and you can share the data electronically with other law enforcement agencies." ..Source.. by KATE HOWARD
