UK Police issued with a BlackBerry smartphone that comes with a fingerprint scanner

thats pretty sweet! :D

from a consumer standpoint, biometrics would be kinda cool for locking/unlocking your phone lol
works pretty well on some laptops

Thats pretty cool. Another advantage for blackberry, love it

This has been done on cop/crime TV shows and movies for a while. Very cool that its now "real life". Always neat to see "fictional" technology come to life. However I'm still waiting for my hoverboard ala Back To The Future II...

I want one!

I dont know what for, but I want one :0)

Police issued with a scanner? Grammar much?

This is kind of a creepy upgrade, even for a cop phone. I can see the advantages, but...

If biometrics like these were used in all phones, not only could you track everyone and be fairly sure who was actually holding the phone at most times, you could also collect a pretty big sample of fingerprints to use for crosschecking against crimes that haven't even been committed yet.

That's pretty cool attachment for a bold... Huge though, no need for a billy club, could beat down some thugs with it!

We don't expect you to be Shakespeare, but come on, that title doesn't sound right... at all.

Ah, the power of Blackberry!

I love the finger scanner on my laptop and have been wishing it was on my phone for a while now.. Happy to see this come out.

I read about this lastweek on bb news.

Like I said the Gov and Police and CEO's will never give up their Blackberry... TOOLS NOT TOYS... THEY NEED SECURITY which NO OTHER PHONE CAN OFFER thats FACTS... GOOOOO RIMMMM

"By the certain UK Police Forces"
"Aide" ? (should be aid)
"Indentity" ?
"to be issued with with"

I'm sure I missed/skipped a few more errors. Usually I ignore the odd mistake or two, but when you have at least one error per sentence in such a short article, it's pretty embarrassing and hard to ignore.

Need to edit this post, most police forces in the UK are using the MobileID kit including Northamptonshire Police. They are not used indiscriminately and certain criteria need to be met. The print is not stored for reference later, it is simply used to check if the person is known on the Police National Database. If so then a unique number is returned which can then be used to obtain the full details. Used mostly for those people who like to provide false details to get away with offences or driving offences :)

This would be nice for consumer phones and the playbook. It is still in a trial period, but eventually it would be great to have it instead of the password screen (of course as an option).

Interesting to see the Cogent Mobile ID finally being put to service.

Link: http://www.cogentsystems.com/MobilesProdLine.asp

Cool, now lets bring it to the public for unlocking and locking our BB with voice recognition!!

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (Jamaican Police) are testing and rolling out the use of Blackberries by their officers in traffic stops to check your papers including your insurance status.

As they say, "Tools not Toys!"

I wonder how many were deployed? If it's in the thousands, why isn't there any press about "RIM picked as device of choice to UK police". Oh wait, BGR and other "blogs and legitimate news sources" only like reporting bad stuff about RIM. God forbid if RIM has any good news happen to them.

That is pretty awesome. Our PD's in the US could definitely use this.

That's awesome!!! Soon Blackberries will be compatible with everything! #BLACKBERRY

Technology is making world change so quick. Nice to know Police will not be holding iPhone with their fake finger scanning apps :D