Technology Talk: Verifying and Establishing Identity: A Priority in Public Safety Operations

Every day, in jurisdictions throughout the United States and around the world, law enforcement officers are confronted with a common and compelling question: “Who is the person with whom I am dealing?” When a law enforcement officer initiates a routine traffic stop or answers a call for service—things that occur thousands of times each and every day—one of the officer’s first objectives is to establish the identity of the person or persons with whom they are dealing.