Arapahoe County Colorado cops land the chance to be the first law enforcement agency in Colorado to begin using biometric analysis of the human iris to identifying criminals, missing children and seniors .

According to a technician from the software and hardware developer their device analyzes the iris of the eye. The iris has 235 identifying points of reference, versus 65 for a fingerprint.

“Fingerprints change but irises stay stable throughout your life,” said Patricia Lawton of Biometric Intelligence and Identifying Technologies, “Which is why it’s a great biometric to identify somebody with.”

Patricia Lawton assisted in the develop of this new technology application.

Lawton stated that the iris is 12 times more reliable for identification than a fingerprint.

Using a National Sheriff’s Association technology grant, Arapahoe County will be first in the state to apply it to law enforcement.

The developers of the technology say in government studies using more than two million cross matches, has yet to produce a false positive with the device.

Once initial testing is completed by Arapahoe County, it plans to share the technology with other law enforcement agencies statewide who will eventually share criminal and inmate ID records.