FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OTCBB: IGSTF Investor Relations/Media Contact
CDNX: NAB Sandra Buschau, Director
Frankfurt: IGY Tel: (604) 684-4691
www.imagis-cascade.com Fax: (604) 684-4601
Toll Free: (800) 667-2066
e-mail: [email protected]
IMAGIS AWARDED US$1.2 MILLION CONTRACT FROM
ALAMEDA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, CALIFORNIA
Imagis' Facial ID, Image Management, and Wireless Software Provide State-of-the
Art Tools for Alameda County Law Enforcement Agencies
Vancouver, Canada, May 15, 2000; (OTCBB: IGSTF; FRANKFURT: IGY; CDNX: NAB):
Mr. Iain Drummond, President & CEO, Imagis Technologies Inc. ( IMAGIS') is
pleased to announce that IMAGIS, together with its business partner, ORION
Scientific Systems, have been chosen to provide an integrated imaging-based
law enforcement solution, by the Alameda County Sheriff's Office, California,
in a total contract award of US$2.65 million. IMAGIS will act as the key
technology provider and will receive US$1.2 million of the total contract fee.
IMAGIS will provide a completely integrated law enforcement solution including
the CABS(TM) Computerized Arrest and Booking System, ID-2000(TM) Facial
Recognition Software, Regional Data-Sharing, Property-ID(TM) for evidence
control and tracking in the field, and CABS Mobile(TM) for wireless
transmission of record and image information to patrol cars. IMAGIS will
integrate its software with the County's CORPUS mainframe application.
The county-wide booking implementation at Alameda will be the largest digital
imaging system on the West Coast in law enforcement. The system will bring
officers, beat-cops, detectives and sheriffs the most recent arrest
information and photographs, available anytime and anywhere by using laptops,
internet protocols and secure wireless communications. The products and
services being provided by ORION and IMAGIS are a combination of state-of-the-
art facial recognition, image and database management allowing law enforcement
agencies to be more efficient and more effective in their jobs.
"IMAGIS suite of products answered all of the challenges presented by the
evaluation criteria in connecting multi-agency jurisdictions over a wide-area
network (WAN)," said Eric Zidenberg, Vice-President of ORION Scientific
Systems. "ORION has been working with law enforcement agencies like Alameda
County for over a decade, helping them to find the right solutions that fit
their specific requirements. By partnering with IMAGIS, we presented the best
technical solution plus the experienced technical team necessary to be
successful with this advanced project."
The Alameda project is planned to be installed this year and be fully
operational during the 1st quarter of 2001.
"We are extremely pleased that our software technology has achieved such
acknowledgement through this award, particularly as it's in the technology
rich Silicon Valley/Bay Area. It supports our Company's
continuing development of our technology solutions for the law enforcement,
security and gaming industries. We are committed to continually developing
solutions with our partners and have recently
expanded our R&D department. We appointed more individuals to the IMAGIS
research and development team with advanced expertise in Computer Science,
specializing in vector graphics and three-dimensional geometry to the
Biometric Active-X group as well as to the Product Alignment Group with
specialties in recordset optimization and GUI design," reported Mr. Drummond.
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May 15, 2000 e-mail: [email protected]
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About IMAGIS
IMAGIS is a developer and marketer of advanced biometric-based software
applications for the law enforcement, security and gaming industries. IMAGIS
ID-2000 facial recognition technology is designed to recognize faces or any
other image, and works with IMAGIS and third-party applications in these areas
to capture and search facial images of the person as well as images of
identifying marks such as tattoos, scars, and other features. IMAGIS products
are designed to an open architecture and address a range of law enforcement
needs in the imaging area, including Arrest & Booking, Regional Data-sharing,
Evidence-tracking, wireless image transfer to and from police cruisers, and
facial image recognition. IMAGIS markets its products through a network of
Business Partners located in North America, Asia, Europe, and Latin America.
IMAGIS' Chairman is Oliver "Buck" Revell, who served for over 30 years in the
FBI and during his career advanced to the number two career post of Associate
Deputy Director. http://www.imagis-cascade.com
About ORION
ORION Scientific Systems, an international software consulting firm located in
Sacramento, California, is a multidisciplinary research, analysis, consulting,
and software development firm that specializes in
solving complex, information processing based problems particularly those
encountered by decision-makers, business managers, and operations or support
activities. ORION has been developing high-end state of the art information
processing and intelligence systems for the United States Government for over
20 years. In addition, ORION has been a leader in the Web based network
systems adapting many of its
existing systems to web based technology as well as developing tools and
applications to serve this growing environment. http://www.orionsci.com
About ALAMEDA
Alameda County covers 813 square miles and extends from the eastern shore of
San Francisco Bay easterly to San Joaquin County. There are 14 incorporated
cities including Oakland, Hayward and Fremont in the county with a population
of 1.362 million and adjacent to Silicon Valley. The Alameda County comprises
32 agencies. The Alameda County Sheriff's office operates three correctional
facilities, of which two are the booking sites: North County Jail and Santa
Rita Jail. Santa Rita jail is one of the top 10 correctional facilities in the
U.S. The Santa Rita jail is built on 110 acres and houses 3,500 inmates in 18
separate housing units. The North County Jail is a high rise, maximum-security
facility with a capacity of 707 inmates on six housing floors. Eight of the
cities in Alameda County operate jails, where subjects are booked and
processed.
Forward Looking Statements
This document contains forward-looking statements including a statement
regarding the timing of the implementation of IMAGIS' software solutions in
the Alameda County Sheriff's Office. Actual results
could differ materially from those anticipated in these statements based upon
a number of factors including the ability of IMAGIS and ORION to coordinate to
install the software solutions successfully
on a timely basis. Forward-looking statements are based on management's
beliefs, opinions and projections on the date the statements are made. IMAGIS
undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements if circumstances
or management believes, opinions or projections should change.
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