BIO-key International has announced that Minnesota counties in the USA are deploying BIO-key's WEB-key biometric identification software as part of a new paperless criminal charging, or eCharging system. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety, which funded the new system, believes Minnesota is the first state to move to an entirely paperless criminal charging process. eCharging allows a criminal complaint to be processed in as little as 30 minutes, whereas the previous process could take up to a full day. The eCharging solution was developed by Minnesota-based Intertech, which incorporated BIO-keys WEB-key into the document signing process ro positively identify the user based on fingerprint biometrics. The new eCharging system will start in select St. Louis County jurisdictions, and then expand across the county into other parts of the state this summer.
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