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Brookline Police Department Upgrades to BIO-key's PocketCop(R) and Verizon's CDMA for Advanced Wireless Network Solutions
[July 13, 2004]

Brookline Police Department Upgrades to BIO-key's PocketCop(R) and Verizon's CDMA for Advanced Wireless Network Solutions

MINNEAPOLIS, July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BIO-key International, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: BKYI) , the leader in finger-based biometric identification and wireless public safety solutions, announced that the Brookline Police Department has upgraded their wireless network, selecting the BIO-key PocketCop(R) application to work with Verizon's CDMA wireless network. PocketCop's software will be placed on laptops and PDAs throughout the department giving law enforcement officers in the field immediate access to federal, state and local records.


"We are excited about combining PocketCop's accessibility to criminal, want and warrant records with the high-speed CDMA capability of Verizon," said Officer Scott Wilder, IT Director for the Brookline Police Department. With this combination of speed and accuracy, the Brookline Police Department continues to equip its officers with state-of-the-art technology and provide officers real-time access to driver and vehicle information, including digital driver photos. With the adoption of CDMA, advanced applications such as remote fingerprint identification, imaging, AVL (Automatic Vehicle Location), and GPS (Global Positioning Systems) are a reality.
"Working on Verizon's CDMA technology also opens new opportunities for BIO-key," said Don Nagle, VP/General Manager of BIO-key's Public Safety Division. The FCC has ruled that all public safety organizations that are using CDPD (Cellular Digital Packet Data) technology must move to 3G technology by June 2005. BIO-Key's Public Safety Division has over 70 customers in Massachusetts, including the Massachusetts State Police, Logan Airport, Boston Police and Springfield Police.
"We believe this deployment takes law enforcement to the next generation of security. On the street, speed and accuracy are critical in identifying potential suspects. The use of biometrics and wireless high-speed access will be a cornerstone of homeland security," said CEO, Michael DePasquale, of BIO-key International.
About BIO-key
BIO-key develops and licenses advanced biometric finger identification technologies that are cost-effective, scalable and easy to deploy. BIO-key products provide "True User Identification(TM)" for the prevention of data, identity theft and false aliases. BIO-key pioneered the only finger identification algorithm that has been certified by the ICSA and today continues that innovation by offering high-performance, one-to-many finger and one-to-one identification solutions that provide positive identification and security for government and enterprise applications.
Through its Public Safety Division, BIO-key designs and develops software solutions for the public safety industry, government agencies and the private sector. PSG's PocketCop(C), the first e-tool on the market for law enforcement, is designed for all types of law enforcement units -- from detectives to motorcycle officers to mounted horse patrols. ( http://www.bio-key.com/ )
About Verizon
Dow 30 company Verizon Communications is one of the world's leading providers of communications services, with approximately $68 billion in annual revenues. Verizon companies are the largest providers of wireline and wireless communications in the United States. Verizon is also the largest directory publisher in the world, as measured by directory titles and circulation. Verizon's international presence includes wireline and wireless communications operations and investments, primarily in the Americas and Europe. For more information, visit http://www.verizon.com/ .
BIO-key Safe Harbor Statement
This news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected on the basis of these statements. The words "estimate," "project," "intends," "expects," "believes" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such forward- looking statements are made based on management's beliefs, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management pursuant to the "safe-harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For a more complete description of these and other risk factors that may affect the future performance of BIO-key International, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB and its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The Company also undertakes no obligation to disclose any revision to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
For more information contact:
Albert Maruggi
612-325-8126
[email protected]

BIO-key International, Inc.



CONTACT: Albert Maruggi for BIO-key International, Inc.,+1-612-325-8126, [email protected]


Web site: http://www.bio-key.com/http://www.verizon.com/

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