Thursday, May 6, 2021 - 1:02 pm
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced the expansion of biometric facial comparison technology to the pedestrian border crossings at all the Northern New York ports of entry, including Alexandria Bay, Ogdensburg, Massena, Trout River, Fort Covington, Chateaugay and Churubusco.
Simplified Arrival was initially introduced at the Port of Buffalo in November 2020 as part of CBP’s land border innovation efforts.
Simplified Arrival is an enhanced international arrival process that uses facial biometrics to automate the manual document checks that are already required for admission into the United States, said a press release from the CBP.
ALEXANDRIA BAY â U.S. Customs and Border Patrol is expanding its facial recognition systems, and on Tuesday announced they have installed the technology at all pedestrian border crossings in northern New York.
The technology, called Simplified Arrival, captures a photo where travelers typically present their passports, which is then compared against an existing passport or visa photo, called up from the travelers identification documents, using a facial comparison algorithm.
âI am excited to announce the deployment of biometric facial comparison technology to these additional border crossings,â said Buffalo Director of Field Operations Rose Brophy. âThis new cutting-edge technology will help secure and streamline travel while providing a safe, touchless identification process for travelers.â
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Thursday, April 15, 2021 - 9:42 am
MASSENA A Fort Covington man was charged with driving while intoxicated Wednesday night, according to state police.
Stephen M. Leroux, 28, was charged with first-offense DWI at 11:30 p.m., officers said.
He was cited and released.
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Financial Crises
“Can Financial Crises Be Predicted” (January-February, page 10) cited banking crises in 42 countries from 1950 to 2016. The United States had 47 recessions from its inception to the present. From 1937 to 2020 there were 14 recessions and depressions within 83 years, but their frequency was reduced by governmental regulations lately. Now they are easier to predict: the last recession before the pandemic was 13 years ago, prior to that 7 years ago, before that 10 years ago, before that 9 years ago.
So, because of the U.S. government’s modern-day intervention, we can expect the Wall Street bankers to drive themselves into bankruptcy, so we, the people can bail them out with our tax money about every decade. Who said that financial crises are hard to predict?