The French firm Morpho (Safran), through its local partner Olcsan, has supplied biometric fingerprint identification terminals to nine Turkish police stations, in the city of Konya, to control people under probation. The project is expected to be later expanded across the country.
Thanks to MorphoAccess SIGMA fingerprint terminals, authorities can authenticate the identity of these individuals. Previously, inmates released under probation had to give wet signature, a process that was subject to possible fraud and complaints.
The system, in operation since the beginning of May, is based on fingerprint recognition. During registration, the probationer’s fingerprints are captured using a MorphoSmart 1300 sensor. The inmates released under probation who were obliged to give wet signature will now go to police stations and have their fingerprints verified by Olcsan’s K!M pozitif Biometric Identification Management System using MorphoAccess SIGMA terminals. Thus, control is made electronically, without the need for police supervision. The SIGMA terminals can also display on their screen specific messages to the probationer as soon as he is identified (e.g. to inform him about his next appointment within a rehabilitation program).
The “Probation Tracking Project”, called DESTAP (Denetimli Serbestlik Takip Projesi) in Turkish, is used in nine selected police stations in Konya. It was deployed with the contribution of Konya Police Department, under the supervision of the Ministry of Justice. More Morpho terminals will be deployed soon in other districts of Konya located in the center/south of Turkey: Kulu, Cihanbeyli, Kadınhanı and Çumra. DESTAP in Konya is a pilot project. Visit: www.morpho.com and www.safran-group.com.
