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View Systems installs SecureScan weapons detection in Colorado

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

View Systems has installed its SecureScan Concealed Weapons Detection Portal Systems at the Boulder County Court Building in Longmont, Colorado and the Boulder County Justice Center in Boulder, Colorado. The system includes biometric fingerprint scanning and government-issued ID reading which may be integrated with the unit allowing it to communicate with a wanted/outstanding warrant database. The SecureScan’s open system architecture allows its data and video to be monitored and controlled remotely.


View Systems Announces SecureScan Installations in Colorado

BALTIMORE, MD — View Systems, Inc., a leading homeland defense solutions provider, announced today that SecureScan Concealed Weapons Detection Portal Systems were installed at the Boulder County Court Building in Longmont, Colorado and the Boulder County Justice Center in Boulder, Colorado.

SecureScan is fast becoming the choice of concealed weapons detection systems in the U.S. as well as internationally. Especially attractive are the biometric fingerprint scanning and government-issued ID reading features which may be integrated with the unit allowing it to communicate with a wanted/outstanding warrant database. This can also assist in the monitoring of parolees. The SecureScan’s open system architecture allows its data and video to be monitored and controlled remotely.

View Systems CEO, Gunther Than, states, “The installations in Boulder, Colorado are yet another element in our ever-expanding repertoire of clients across the United States. SecureScan is quickly becoming the system that law enforcement agencies are talking about and requesting by name.”

About View Systems, Inc.

View Systems, Inc. provides security and surveillance products to law enforcement facilities such as correctional institutions as well as to government agencies, schools, courthouses, event and sports venues, the Military, and commercial businesses. View Systems’ headline products include the SecureScan concealed weapons detection (CWD) portal system with biometric capabilities and positive ID verification, as well the R&D 100 Award winning VFR Visual First Responder camera system which is geared toward emergency first responders.

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