King County Washington Taps Imageware for its Next Generation Law Enforcement Platform
Imageware® (OTCQB: IWSY) announced a $1.5 million contract with King County, Washington to provide a cutting-edge law enforcement software solution. This deal represents Imageware's largest SaaS contract to date. The software will be utilized by 700 officers for digital line-ups and biographic searches across multiple devices. The migration of over 13 million arrest records to AWS GovCloud marks a significant technological upgrade. Imageware aims to expand its solutions to more law enforcement agencies, anticipating increasing revenue in 2022.
- Secured a $1.5 million contract with King County for law enforcement software, the largest SaaS deal to date.
- 700 officers will benefit from advanced digital line-up and biographic search tools.
- Migrating over 13 million arrest records to AWS GovCloud enhances technological capability.
- Management anticipates increased revenue opportunities in 2022 from law enforcement agencies.
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SAN DIEGO, Dec. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Imageware® (OTCQB: IWSY) ("Imageware" or "the Company"), a leader in biometric identification and authentication solutions, today announced that King County Washington, one of the largest law enforcement entities West of the Rockies, selected Imageware over several larger competitors to provide essential software for officers. The contract, worth
Seven hundred (700) law enforcement officers across King County will be using this solution for digital line-ups and biographic searches from anywhere and with any device, including mobile/handheld, tablet, mobile data terminal (MDT), or desktop computer. Imageware will be migrating over 13 million adult and juvenile arrest records from on-premises servers to the Imageware Law Enforcement 2.0 servers in Amazon Web Services GovCloud. King County will be using Imageware Authenticate (a FirstNet verified app) to authenticate into the Imageware solution and can use it for all other County-owned applications, as needed. King County selected Imageware based on their cutting-edge solution that far surpasses that of its competitors, visible through its rapid and accurate identification in the field, seamless user-friendly interface for creating digital line ups, and quick and efficient deployment while remaining cost effective.
Commenting on the sale, AJ Naddell, SVP of Product Management & Sales, said, "Imageware is helping to make citizens and officers safer in a time when violent crimes are rapidly increasing. We've spent the previous 18 months modernizing our law enforcement platform by updating the UI and UX, backend, our licensing structure, and even our 24/7 mission critical customer support. This deal with King County, one of our many long-standing customers, is a testament to how our original law enforcement platform was redesigned to be highly desired and utilized by officers. We see numerous opportunities to deploy this solution with other law enforcement agencies throughout the U.S. as well as international markets. State, local and federal law enforcement have come to rely on Imageware for more than three decades. We have an exciting 2022 in store with more revenue coming from law enforcement agencies across both North American and other international markets, leveraging our modernized software and strategy."
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Imageware identifies, verifies, and authenticates who people are, not just what keys and codes they have. Our Cloud-based, multimodal biometric solutions provide faster, accurate identification to better secure communities, data, and assets. Imageware solutions are trusted globally by government agencies, law enforcement, and private enterprises. Imageware: Identity with Biometric Certainty. For more information, please visit www.imageware.io.
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